Day 6 Review: Archer Zhang leads Chinese charge

14.08.08 - 21:43 ... source : Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

... Updated: 2008-08-15 01:16:46 French swimmer Alain Bernard (Photo credit: Getty) Photo Gallery>> (BEIJING, August 14) -- Shocks, surprises and inspirational performances were the order of the day on a rain-soaked day six of Beijing 2008, which caused postponement of many outdoor sports. The entire days' Sailing competition was cancelled and most of the Games' Baseball competition, while the finals of the Men's Slalom Canoe Doubles (C2) and Women's Slalom Kayak Singles (K1) have been held over until tomorrow (Friday, August 15). Play was also suspended for most of the day in the Beijing 2008 Tennis tournament -- but not long enough to prevent arguably the shock of the entire Games so far as James Blake of the United States defeated World No. 1 Roger Federer 6-4, 7-6 in the Men's Singles quarterfinals to leave the Swiss player, despite his dominance of men's tennis over recent years, without a medal from th ...» Next (HTML)