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USA banking on medals leap BEIJING (AFP) - After three days of setbacks, the United States is banking on a morale-boosting first athletics victory in Beijing Monday as the Olympic hosts China race away at the head of the medal table.   Nations:Germany Australia Mozambique Denmark New Zealand Switzerland   People:Kerron Clement Michael Phelps Liu Xiang   Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics   Source:(AFP)   2008-08-18 China posts greatest Olympic gold haul ever BEIJING (AFP) - China on Sunday ensured its home Olympics will go down as its greatest ever after its women's table tennis team won the hosts' 33rd gold of the Games to overtake its previous best tally at Athens in 2004.   Nations:Bulgaria Romania Australia   People:Zhang Yining Hu Jintao   Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics   Source:(AFP)   2008-08-17 Cao wins China's 7th weightlifting gold medal BEIJING - Cao Lei has won China's seventh weightlifting gold medal, smashing three Olympic records in the process.   Nations:Kazakhstan   Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics   Source:(AP)   2008-08-15 Lu wins China's 8th weightlifting gold BEIJING - Lu Yong won China's eighth weightlifting gold medal, tying the world record set moments earlier by the silver medalist but grabbing the title because of a lower body weight.   Nations:Belarus China   Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics   Source:(AP)   2008-08-15 China leads gold race despite Phelps phenomenon BEIJING (Reuters) - China go into the sixth day of the Olympics on Thursday ahead of sporting arch-rivals the United States in the medals table despite Michael Phelps's exploits.   Nations:Japan Australia Italy Russia Germany France   People:Yang Wei Michael Phelps   Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics   Source:(Reuters)   2008-08-13 Headlines USA banking on medals leap 2008-08-18 China posts greatest Olympic gold haul ever 2008-08-17 Cao wins China's 7th weightlifting gold medal 2008-08-15 Lu wins China's 8th weightlifting gold 2008-08-15 China leads gold race despite Phelps phenomenon 2008-08-13 China gymnasts and divers bolster medal haul 2008-08-12 Before Beijing, these moms are already Olympians 2008-06-07 Asian Games grow bigger, better and all about China 2006-12-16 China's Chen Yanqing wins gold in women's 58kg weightlifting 2006-12-03 Wang sets two world weightlifting records 2005-11-09 Chinese woman sets weightlifting world record 2005-10-11 Several Commonwealth Games events already sold out 2005-04-29 Tang's huge final lift gets gold in women's weightlifting 2004-08-21 China's Chunhong breaks own weightlifting world record 2004-08-19 China's Zhang wins weightlifting Olympic gold 2004-08-18 China Wins Two Weightlifting Golds 2004-08-16 China's Chen Wins 53-Kg Weightlifting 2004-08-16 Chinese Woman Returns to Win Lifting Gold 2004-08-16 Chinese Weightlifter Breaks Olympic Mark 2004-08-16 China's Shi breaks Olympic weightlifting record 2004-08-16 Turkish Woman Pulls Weightlifting Upset 2004-08-14 Olympics-Weightlifting-Sport hopes for clean Games 2004-08-03 Chinese Weightlifter Loses Gold Medals 2004-02-07 China's Wang Sets Lifting Records 2002-11-19 China on a roll as fellow Asians look to get going 2000-09-23 With only three lifters left, Zhan gets gold medal 2000-09-22 Weightlifter Ding Meiyuan of China won the Olympic 2000-09-22 China's Ding sets world record 2000-09-22 Weightlifter stripped of medal for doping 2000-09-20 Medals-Urrutia wins women's 75 kg weightlifting gold 2000-09-20 Olympics-Weightlifting results-Men's 56kg - revised 2000-09-20 China Wins 69kg Weightlifting Gold 2000-09-19 China's Chen, Lin win weightlifting gold 2000-09-19 Chen Wins Weightlifting Gold Medal 2000-09-19 China's Chen breaks world record 2000-09-19 Romanians reinstated after drugs scandal 2000-09-18 China's Yang picked up weighlifting records and gold 2000-09-18 Olympics-Weightlifting results - Women's under 48kg final 2000-09-17 Olympics-Weightlifting results - Men's under 62kg snatch 2000-09-17 Olympics results: Weightlifting-Men's under 56kg snatch 2000-09-16 Most-viewed China leads gold race despite Phelps phenomenon 2008-08-13 China gymnasts and divers bolster medal haul 2008-08-12 China's Chen Yanqing wins gold in women's 58kg weightlifting 2006-12-03 Lu wins China's 8th weightlifting gold 2008-08-15 Before Beijing, these moms are already Olympians 2008-06-07 Asian Games grow bigger, better and all about China 2006-12-16 Several Commonwealth Games events already sold out 2005-04-29 Cao wins China's 7th weightlifting gold medal 2008-08-15

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