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Athletes and performers fill the stadium floor during the Closing Ceremony of the Games of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing.

MR. SMITH GOES TO CHINA

Christian Smith, the Garfield native who made the U.S. team in the 800 meters with a dramatic dive to the tape, ran in the Olympics this week. While he didn't qualify for the finals of the event, his coach and family have been blogging during the Games. Go to blogs.kansas.com/mrsmith

THE LATEST INFO FROM THE GAMES: An interactive graphic and medal table | News, calendars and event information | McClatchy's Beijing bureau and Blog

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OLYMPIANS WITH KANSAS TIES

Bold indicates recent results
United States:
  • Daniel Cormier, Colby Community College, freestyle wrestling, became dehydrated before his first match and had to drop out
  • Leroy Dixon, Kansas City Community College, track and field, did not run in the preliminaries of the 400 relay
  • Hyleas Fountain, Barton County Community College, won the bronze medal in the heptathlon
  • Tyson Gay, Barton County Community College, track and field, was part of a dropped baton exchange which disqualified the American 400 relay team
  • Rodney Martin, Kansas City Community College, track and field, ran on the disqualified 400 relay team
  • Randi Miller, Neosho County Community College, won the bronze medal in 63-kilogram wrestling, taking down Canada's Martine Dugrenier with 13 seconds remaining in the third for the decisive point
  • Tom Pappas, Kansas State assistant coach, track and field, dropped out of the decathlon after injury his foot in the second event, the long jump
  • Darvis Patton, Garden City Community College, track and field, was involved in a dropped baton exchange, which disqualified the American 400 relay team
  • Christian Smith, Garfield, Kansas State, ran a 1:48.20 in his first-round 800 heat and failed to advance.
  • Terry Tiffee, Pratt Community College, baseball, will play Cuba in the baseball semifinals early Friday morning
  • Aarik Wilson, Kansas volunteer assistant coach, track and field, failed to qualify for the fianls of the triple jump
Bahamas:
  • Leevan Sands, Barton County Community College, track and field, won the bronze medal in the triple jump, setting a national record
Barbados:
  • Ryan Brathwaite, Barton County Community College, track and field, was seventh in his semifinal of the 110-meter hurdles
Canada:
  • Scott Russell, University of Kansas, track and field, qualified for the javelin finals
Grenada:
  • Randy Lewis, Wichita State, track and field, failed to reach the fianls of the triple jump
Jamaica:
  • Nickesha Anderson, University of Kansas, track and field, did not run in the 400 relay preliminaries
  • Veronica Campbell Brown, Barton County Community College, won the gold medal in the 200 meters. She also anchored the 400 relay team which won its semifinal
Lithuania:
  • Darius Draudvila, Kansas State, track and field, did not compete in the decathlon
  • Austra Skujyte, Kansas State, track and field, did not finish the heptathlon after failing to record a mark in the long jump
New Zealand:
  • Natalie Purcell, Hutchinson Community College, basketball, scored 6 points against the U.S. on Sunday
Palau:
  • Florian Skilang Temengil, Newman, lost his first round match in 120-kg freestyle wrestling
Trinidad and Tobago:
  • Aaron Armstrong, Barton County Community College, ran the third leg for Trinidad's 400 relay team which won its semifinal heat.
U.S. Virgin Islands:
  • Tabarie Henry, Kansas City Community College, track and field, set a national record in the 400 with a time of 45.19, but did not advance to the event finals
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