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Day 16 Review: US team 'redeemed' on final day of firsts
24.08.08 - 19:49 ... source : Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
... Updated: 2008-08-24 19:33:57 The United States team waves to the crowd. (Photo credit: Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images) Photo Gallery>> (BEIJING, August 22) -- The Games of the 29th Olympiad are finally over and concluded with 12 finals including a new Olympic record in the Men's Marathon, China and Mongolia collecting their first-ever Olympic Boxing medals and Russia retaining its Rhythmic Gymnastics All Around crown. But to most observers there was only one question that remained to be answered before the veil came down on Beijing 2008: could Team USA redeem their country's wounded pride at missing the Men's Basketball gold medal in Athens four years ago? Indeed, even the star-studded NBA players in their ironically monikered "redeem team" joked they'd better not bother going home unless they had nice new gold medals safely tucked inside their suitcases – few major sports, if any, have one nation i ...» Next (HTML)
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