Why You Should Remember Beijing Olympics : 15 Truths
1) First individual gold medal for India - Abhinav Bindra in Shooting
2) First medal for India in Boxing - Vijender Kumar (Bronze) in 75Kg Category
3) Wrestling medal for India (Bronze) by Sushil Kumar after 1952 Helsinki Olympics
4) Angel Valodia Matos of Cuba kicks Swedish referee Chakir Chelbat in 80Kg division. Gets lifetime ban.
5) Ara Abrahamian of Sweden (84Kg Greco/Roman) throws his bronze medal after the medal ceremony.
6) Michael Phelps of USA wins 8 gold medals in a single Olympics, out of which 7 were World Records.
7) Usain Bolt of Jamaica breaks 100m World Record - clocks 9.69 seconds. Breaks 12-year-old Michael Johnson's 200m World Record - clocks 19.30 seconds.
8) Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia breaks World Record in Women's Pole Vault - leaps 5.05 meters.
9) First women athlete of Cameroon Francoise Mbango Etone gets Gold in Women's Triple Jump.
10) Liu Xiang of China fails to defend his 110m-hurdles title. Withdrwas after injury.
11) Rohullah Nikpai wins Afghanistan's first Olympic medal with a bronze in the men's 58-kg taekwondo.
12) Robina Muqimyar of Afghanistan becomes first Woman Athlete of her country to take part in Olympics.13) USA's Men and Women's 4X100m Relay teams fail to qualify for the finals.
14) For the last time Oympics have seen Baseball and Softball.
15) US sprinter Tyson Gay fails for the 100m final.
