Saturday,
August 23, 2008
Day 14: Beijing 2008:
The ANNOTICO Report
In the 50km Marathon Walk
- - Italy's Alex Schwarzer
broke a three-man leader group after the 40 km mark to claim victory in 3 hours
37 minutes 9 seconds, taking place in merciless sunshine after Thursday's heavy
rain.
"It was relatively easy,
though with the usual suffering. It went well ... The last lap outside the
stadium was very emotional and when I entered the stadium my emotions were very
high," said Schwarzer.
Schwarzer is the first Italian to win the walk marathon since Abdon Pamich 1964 in
Italian Medal Count:
Seven (7) GOLD; Seven (7) SILVER; Eight (6) BRONZE equals
a TOTAL of TWENTY TWO (22)
Italian Heavyweight Russo
Clemente proved too strong for Deontay
Wilder, the last American left battling for an Olympic boxing medal.
Clemente is in the Finals,
and will be going for the Gold, or Silver.
Reuters
By
Patrick Vignal
Friday
Aug 22, 2008
Wilder, the only
American out of nine to have reached the last four, lost 7-1 to Italian world
champion Clemente Russo and will go home with just a bronze, his team's only
medal.
"He was the
strongest, I couldn't have done more," said the 22-year-old Wilder, who
suffered against the much more experienced Russo.
The American, is now expected to turn professional and has
plenty of ambition.
"I want to
be the heavyweight world champion," he said. "I have the work ethics
and a big heart."
For amateur
boxing, however, Wilder proved not good enough and sealed the
The situation is
a major embarrassment for a country who have won a
record 48 Olympic boxing golds and produced such
great champions as Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard.
The Americans
have won just one gold from the past three Games
including
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