Alicia Sacramone crouched on the ground near the floor, her head buried in her hands, disbelief etched across her face.

The Chinese crashed what was supposed to be a U.S. Olympic party. The Americans? Well, they just flopped.

With world records falling all around him, Michael Phelps stood tall - twice - on the top of the Olympic medal podium Wednesday.

CHINESE shooter Chen Ying won the Olympic gold medal of women's 25-meter pistol at the Beijing Shooting Range today.

It was supposed to be his easiest day of the meet, really. Michael Phelps owns the 200-meter butterfly, an event in which he has held the world record for more than seven years.

The biggest, fiercest rivalry between the U.S. and Chinese Olympic teams involves the tiniest athletes on both teams, the pony-tailed pixies with rock-hard muscles and nerves of steel.

It came down to the last event, the last tumbling pass, the last landing, the last tilt of the head, the last smile.For the U.S. women's gymnastics team, it came down to a few missteps, and, as is usually the ...

Did Alicia Sacramone lose the gold for the U.S.? Without her mistakes it would have been closer, obviously.

China upstaged a hobbling United States team to surge to their first gymnastics women's team title at the Olympics on Wednesday.

Were the Chinese girls too young? Or were they just too good? There may be truth to the accusations of Chinese passport doping - doctoring up their gymnasts' birthdates to make them appear older.

BEIJING, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- With Fei Cheng leading the way and the home crowd roaring with every performance Wednesday, China won its first Olympic women's team gymnastics gold medal.

&$ &$China's Cheng Fei, Yang Yilin, Li Shanshan, He Kexin, Jiang Yuyuan and Deng Linlin(L to R) celebrate their victory during the awarding ceremony for gymnastics artistic women's team final of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at National Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China, Aug. 13, 2008. The Chinese team claimed the title of the event with a score of 188.900. (Xinhua/Ren Long) &$ &$ &$

China upstaged a hobbling United States team to surge to their first gymnastics women's team title at the Olympics on Wednesday. A dramatic fall by Cheng Fei from the balance beam did not stop China from eclipsing the world champions by 2.375 points, while 2004 champions Romania settled for bronze.

China upstaged a hobbling United States team to surge to their first gymnastics women's team title at the Olympics. A dramatic fall by Cheng Fei from the balance beam did not stop China from eclipsing the world champions by 2.375 points, while 2004 champions Romania settled for bronze.

With Fei Cheng leading the way and the home crowd roaring with every performance Wednesday, China won its first Olympic women's team gymnastics gold medal.The Chinese out-dueled the United States in one of the most anticipated showdowns of the Beijing Games.After routines by both squads on the vault, uneven bars and balance beam, the United States was within a point of the Chinese, but the ...

A sleepless night beckons for Chinese gymnast Cheng Fei, but it is not just the pressure of leading the host nation's bid for their first Olympic women's team crown that is worrying her -- it is the 10:30 am start for the final.

While the world's attention will be focused on crowning the next gymnastics queen, American Alicia Sacramone and China's Cheng Fei will be engaged in a battle of their own.

Nerves.

Alicia Sacramone crouched on the ground near the floor, her head buried in her hands, disbelief etched across her face.

The Chinese crashed what was supposed to be a U.S. Olympic party.