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Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Santonio Holmes (L) keeps both feet in the end zone as he beats Arizona Cardinals safety Aaron Francisco to catch the game winning touchdown pass late in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, February 1, 2009. Credit: REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Sports pictures of the year

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Medals awarded on August 11

Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:21pm EDT

(Reuters) - The following medals were awarded at the Olympic Games in Beijing on Monday. SWIMMING

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WOMEN'S 100M BUTTERFLY

Gold - Libby Trickett (Australia)

Silver - Christine Magnuson (United States)

Bronze - Jessicah Schipper (Australia)

MEN'S 100M BREASTSTROKE

Gold - Kosuke Kitajima (Japan)

Silver - Alexander Dale Oen (Norway)

Bronze - Hugues Duboscq (France)

WOMEN'S 400M FREESYTLE

Gold - Rebecca Adlington (Britain)

Silver - Katie Hoff (United States)

Bronze - Joanne Jackson (Britain)

MEN'S 4X100 FREESTYLE RELAY

Gold - United States

Silver - France

Bronze - Australia

SHOOTING

MEN'S 10M AIR RIFLE

Gold - Abhinav Bindra (India)

Silver - Zhu Qinan (China)

Bronze - Henri Hakkinen (Finland)

WOMEN'S TRAP

Gold - Satu Makela-Nummela (Finland)

Silver - Zuzana Stefecekova (Slovakia)

Bronze - Corey Cogdell (United States)

DIVING

MEN'S SYNCHRONISED 10M PLATFORM

Gold - Lin Yue and Huo Liang (China)

Silver - Patrick Hausding and Sascha Klein (Germany)

Bronze - Gleb Galperin and Dmitriy Dobroskok (Russia)

WEIGHTLIFTING

WOMEN'S 58 KG

Gold - Chen Yanqing (China)

Silver - Marina Shainova (Russia)

Bronze - O Jong Ae (North Korea)

MEN'S 62KG

Gold - Zhang Xiangxiang (China)

Silver - Diego Salazar (Colombia)

Bronze - Triyatno (Indonesia)

ARCHERY

MEN'S TEAM

Gold - South Korea

Silver - Italy

Bronze - China

JUDO

WOMEN'S 57KG

Gold - Giulia Quintavalle (Italy)

Silver - Deborah Gravenstijn (Netherlands)

Bronze - Zu Yan (China)

Ketleyn Quadros (Brazil)

MEN'S 73KG

Gold - Elnur Mammadli (Azerbaijan)

Silver - Wang Kichun (South Korea)

Bronze - Leandro Guilheiro (Brazil)

Rasul Boqiev (Tajikistan)

FENCING

WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL FOIL

Gold - Maria Valentina Vezzali (Italy)

Silver - Nam Hyun-hee (South Korea)

Bronze - Margherita Granbassi (Italy)

(Compiled by Nigel Hunt; editing by Neil Maidment)

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