51. Spain did get a team gold Friday when its five-athlete team won the first Olympic gold in rhythmic gymnastics with an upset win over world champion Bulgaria. 52. The first gold of the games was expected to be decided at the Jatiluhur Reservoir in west Java Sunday in rowing. 53. The first golds come Thursday in swimming, gymnastics and judo. 54. The island sultanate of Brunei won its first gold, in five-man team bowling. 55. The traditionally strong swimming nation waited until the final night for its first gold. 56. The traditionally strong swimming nation, it waited until the final night for its first gold. 57. The victory gave Dorfmeister her third career world championships medal and her first gold. 58. This was her third world championship medal in eight years and the first gold. 59. Thompson was part of a veteran squad that captured the first swimming gold for the Americans. 60. Under a sheet of grey clouds, British rowers Steven Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent won the first gold of the day in the coxless pairs. |