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The 2008 Beijing Olympics would be noted for the number of protest that took place before the games even began. It would be remembered as the games in which Michael Phelps break the long standing record of Mark Spitz(winner of seven goal medals in the 72 games)by grabbing 8 golds.Jamaican Bolt won the title of fastest man on earth clocking in at a world record 9.69 seconds.Usain Bolt made it a double by winning the 200m dash in a world record 19.32 breaking Michael Johnson's record that had stood since 1996.Usain Bolt picked up a third goal medal,this one in the 4x100metres men's relay. Ethiopia’s Turinesh Dibaba got the gold in the 10,000 metres running the second fastest time in the history of the event at 29:54:66.She when on to win the 5000 metres to become the first woman in the history of the Olympics to achieve the 10,000 metres, 5000 metres double.Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry has picked up four medals for her country,a gold in the women's 200 meters backstroke and three other silver medals. Great olympics for her so far. Oussama Mellouli picked up a gold medal for Tunisia in the 1500 meters men's freestyle swimming event.Francoise Mbango Etone successfully defended her olympis title four years ago from Greece winning the gold medal in the women's triple jump category. With a leap of 15.39 she wins Cameroon's third gold medal in the history of the olympics. She is by far now Cameroon's most decorated athlete in olympics.Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele Beyecha won gold in the 10,000 metres athletics event with a time of 27.01.17.