David Eulitt

sports: beijing olympics 2008

Games of the XXIX Olympiad

Beijing, China

2008

Lisa Leslie of the United States, left, battled Russia's Irina Osipova, right, with an elbow to the mouth for a rebound in the second half in the women's basketball semifinal contest during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
   
China's Hong Ni, left, and Ukraine's Olga Kharlan, right, duel in a multiple exposure photograph during the women's team sabre gold medal match at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
  
Otar Tushishvili of Georgia, left, shook the hand of Cuban wrestler Geandry Garzon, right, after Garzon lost to Tushishvili in the men's 66kg bronze medal match at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
     
  
United States swimmer Michael Phelps crossed over the tops of the dividing lanes after his men's 200m individual medley qualifying heat at the National Aquatics Center during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
   
United States men's basketball players LeBron James, left, Deron Williams, second from left, Dwayne Wade, second from right and Carlos Boozer, right, celebrate the USA victory in the gold medal game against Spain at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
  
Andrey Silnov of Russia reacted to his clearance of the high jump bar at 2.42m, but the bar wobbled and came down. Despite the three misses at 2.42m. Silnov won the gold medal in the men's high jump at National Stadium during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
     
  
Germany's Steffan Hamann, left, and Patrick Femerling, right, have Olympic ring symbols dyed in their hair in the game against China during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
   
Chinese gymnast Xiaopeng Li reacted after his high bar dismount in the final appartus of the men's gymnastics team final at the National Indoor Stadium during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. China won the overall gold medal, Japan the silver and the United States the bronze.
   
Great Britain's Lisa Dobriskey reacted to her fourth place finish in the women's 1500m final during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
     
  
Sarunas Jasikevicius of Lithuania protested to the referee about no foul called on a play in the first period where his face was cut open on a shot attempt during the bronze medal match between Argentina and Lithuania at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
   
Swimmers launch from the start of the men's 200m backstroke qualifying heat at the National Aquatic Center during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
  
USA women's basketball player Tina Thompson grimaced in pain after landing on her back in the women's semifinal match against Russia during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
     
  
Becca Ward of the United States reacted to her 15-14 victory over Azza Besbes of Tunisia in the quarterfinals of women's individual sabre competition during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
   
Two divers plunge into the water in the National Aquatic Center, also known as the "Water Cube," during practice in Beijing, China, in preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
   
United States men's basketball players LeBron James, center, drove to the basket on Spain's Rdy Fernandez, right, in the first period of the USA victory in the gold medal game against Spain at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
     
  
Riders launch off the first hill on the Olympic BMX course in semifinal heats during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
  
United States goalkeeper Merrill Moses cooled off with a bottle of water on his face during a timeout in the men's water polo semifinal victory over Serbia at Yingdong Natatorium during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
  
Kobe Bryant of the United States, top, scrambled for a loose ball with Spain's Ale Mumbru, bottom, in the fourth quarter of the USA victory in the gold medal game against Spain at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
     
  
US swimmer Michael Phelps adjusted his goggles before his first gold medal of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Phelps set a world record of 4:03:84.
  
Jeremy Wariner of the United States, center, caught an American flag tossed from the stands as Wariner and men's 4 X 100m relay gold medalists Angelo Taylor, left, and David Neville, right, celebrated their victory at National Stadium during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
   
LaShawn Merritt of the United States waited to begin the men's 4 X 100m relay with the baton tucked under the shoulder strap of his track suit during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
     
  
The synchronized swimming team from theUnited States swims back to the edge of the pool after performing their technical routine during the team event competition at the National Aquatic Center during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
  
Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrated after his world record time of 19.30 in the men's 200m final at National Stadium during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
  
Roqaya Al-Gassra of Bahrain, in deference to her country's codes, ran in a track suit that kept her head covered at National Stadium during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
     
  
Christos Tsakmakis of Greece paddled down the whitewater slalom course during heat 2 of the men's canoe single (C1), at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
   
Athletes in the men's 10,000m final circle the track at National Stadium during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
   
United States sprinter Tyson Gay, center, (3265), ran in the second round of qualifying heats for the men's 100m during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
     
  
Swimmers competing in the men's 100M breaststroke semifinals enter the water at the National Aquatic Center at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
   
US swimmer Michael Phelps walked to the medal ceremony stand for the first time at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Phelps set a world record of 4:03:84 in the men's 400 individual medley.
   
United States swimmer Michael Phelps grimaced in pain after his world record time in the 200m butterfly final on August 13, 2008 at the National Aquatics Center at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Phelps' swim goggles filled with water during the race.
     
  
Mohammad Reza Rodaki yelled as his won the match with an ippon on Yury Rybak of Belarus in the men's judo +100 kg class at the UTSB Gymnasium during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
  
United States gymnast Kai Wen Tan held position in the rings appartus of the men's gymnastics team final at the National Indoor Stadium during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
   
United States gymnast Jonathan Horton launched himself onto the vault appartus of the men's gymnastics team final at the National Indoor Stadium during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. China won the overall gold medal, Japan the silver and the United States the bronze.
     
  
2,008 drummers opened the pagentry of the the Opening Ceremonies at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
   
An acrobat flies on cabling over the National Olympic Stadium in the Opening Ceremonies at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
   
A large globe filled the center of the stadium during the Opening Ceremonies at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
     
  
The former Chinese gymnast Li Ning carried the Olympic flame around the top of the stadium and lit the large cauldrom to open the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
   
Fireworks burst over the National Stadium during the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.