Day 11 of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the hunt for the overall Championship continues. The United States still leads the overall medal count with a total of 72 – 22 gold, 24 silver and 26 bronze medals. China holds the second spot with 39 golds and has 14 silver and bronze medals apiece. Following in the third spot is Russia with 36 overall medals while from the land down under Australia has 33 medals to take the fourth spot. France who has only four gold medals under their name follows right behind in the fifth spot with 11 silver and 13 bronze medals, respectively.
Great Britain and Germany are close in the sixth and seventh spot with 27 and 23 overall medals while South Korea and Japan have the same number of gold medals of eight to take eight and ninth spot. Italy rounds up the top ten countries as of Day 11 of the grandest sporting event in this year’s 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Most of the Gold Medals of the United States came from the sporting event of Swimming where amazing Michael Phelps dominated the event taking all eight gold medals in all events. Meanwhile, China, the host country expected to control the field of gymnastics, diving, and weightlifting has lived up to the expectations. China has won eight gold medals in gymnastics alone, while in the sport of diving China has topped the world with six gold medals. The country from Russia takes lead in track and field and wrestling with a total of eight Gold Medals.
There’s a long way to go before the exciting end of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Expect more world records to be broken, more drama and more excitement.