Badminton bronze for Wei Yili and Zhang Yawen
| Medal Standings |  |  |  | Total |
| 1 |  CHN | 25 | 9 | 6 | 40 |
| 2 |  USA | 14 | 12 | 18 | 44 |
| 3 |  GER | 8 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 |  KOR | 6 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
| 5 |  ITA | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
Updated: 2008-08-15 20:39:24
(BEIJING, August 15) -- Third-seeded Wei Yili and Zhang Yawen of China beat Japanese duo Maeda Miyuki and Suetsuna Satoko 21-17, 21-10 in the bronze medal match of the Badminton Women's Doubles competition on Friday, August 15.
Maeda and Suetsuna were able to catch up to every Chinese scoring lead in the first game, eventually taking control 17-14, but at that point Wei and Zhang came back with seven unanswered points to take the win. The Chinese duo opened the second game with another 7-0 run, and led throughout until the 21-10 victory clinched their bronze status.
The Chinese side disposed of their opponents in 25 minutes then 20 minutes, with the longest rally between them in the first game going to 63 strokes.
Flash: Lu comes from behind to win gold
(BEIJING, August 15) -- China's Lu Yong won the Men's 85 kilogram Weightlifting category final by lifting 394kg on Friday, August 15.
Defending champion Andrei Rybakou set the new Olympic record by lifting 185kg in the Snatch. China's Lu Yong and Kazakhstan's Vladimir Sedov both lifted 180kg.
In the Clean and Jerk, Rybakou lifted 209kg to set a new world record, but it was soon broken by Lu's 214kg. Rybakou ranked second by lifting the same total weight of 394kg as Lu, but earned the silver because of his heavier body weight. Armenia's Tigran Varban Martirosyan lifted the same 380kg as Sedov, but won the bronze by the same advantage.
Ex-Cougs help USA past Bulgaria
The coach still isn't back, and may not return, but the bereaved Americans are pressing on quite well without him in the men's volleyball tournament at the Beijing Olympics.
Former Brigham Young stars Ryan Millar and Rich Lambourne helped the U.S. come back to beat Bulgaria 27-29, 25-21, 25-14 and 26-24 in preliminary round play at Capital Gymnasium on Thursday, keeping the Americans unbeaten in their group and all but assuring they will reach the quarterfinals - despite continuing to play without coach Hugh McCutcheon.
The former Cougar player and coach has remained with his family after the stabbing
Clayton Stanley scored 21 points to lead the Americans, who are 3-0 in group play with matches remaining against China and Japan, while Millar contributed 17 points and Lambourne starred as libero.
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