What a day that was. Twenty-seven medals were handed out in nine sports - including one each to the undisputed fastest man in the world and the fastest swimmer who sits on the brink of greatness -- and an incredible day for Great Britain, which grabbed four gold medals.

One more gold, and Michael Phelps won't have to share the "Athlete with most gold medals in a single Olympics" title with compatriot Mark Spitz, who did this 36 years ago in the Munich Games.

The Olympic Village of the 2008 Beijing Games is making some Olympic history of its own. Four-time Olympic Ping Pong gold medalist and Olympic Village spokeswoman, Deng Yaping, revealed the record-breaking details at Beijing's Main Press Center on Friday.

Jamaica's Usain Bolt runs 100-meter race in world record 9.69 seconds to win gold medal.

American swimmer Michael Phelps surged to a pair of victories in the Olympic pool, Wednesday, to become the most decorated gold medal winner. VOA's Jim Stevenson was at the Water Cube in Beijing, where Phelps made Olympic history.

HULIQ.com is initiating a petition to the organizers of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games to let the 7 years old Yang Peiyi to sing in the Olympic Games Closing ceremony.

Today's Los Angeles Times presents the list of Olympic Medals Per Capita where a small nation of Armenia leads by having one Olympic Medal per 1,484,293 people. Check the MPC national listing of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games below.

News broke this morning that Lin Miaoke, the cute nine-year-old whose rendition of a Chinese revolutionary song warmed the hearts of the estimated one billion watching the Olympic opening ceremony, was lip-synching to a recording of another child.

China and the United States lead the 2008 Summer Olympic Medal Count in Beijing, according to reports Monday.

The Beijing 2008 Olympics are underway in Beijing, and the city is on full display. But many of the visitors aren't aware of the people who have been forced out of the city because the were considered undesirable by the government.

Michael Phelps, with teammates Garrett Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones, and Jason Lezak took the gold medal in the Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay and smashed the world record for the second time in a row.

The Beijing Daily has put together a number of tips for cost-efficient travel in Beijing.