Lopez Family’s Amazing Feat (and Feet)

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Congratulations to the Lopez family for bringing home three medals in an Olympics where Taekwondo was marred with controversy.

Men’s Heavyweight (Over 80 kg)
Gold Dongmin Cha KOR
Silver Alexandros Nikolaidis GRE
Bronze Chika Yagazie Chukwumerije NGR
Bronze Arman Chilmanov KAZ

Women’s Heavyweight (Over 80 kg)
Gold Maria del Rosario Espinoza MEX
Silver Nina Solheim NOR
Bronze Natalia Falavigna BRA
Bronze Sarah Stevenson GBR

Men’s Welterweight (68-80 kg)
Gold Hadi Saei IRI
Silver Mauro Sarmiento ITA
Bronze Steven Lopez USA
Bronze Guo Zhu CHN

Women’s Welterweight (68-80 kg)
Gold Kyungseon Hwang KOR
Silver Karine Sergerie CAN
Bronze Sandra Saric CRO
Bronze Gwladys Patience Epangue FRA

Men’s Featherweight (58-68 kg)
Gold Taejin Son KOR
Silver Mark Lopez USA
Bronze Servet Tazegul TUR
Bronze Yu-Chi Sung TPE

Women’s Featherweight (58-68 kg)
Gold Sujeong Lim KOR
Silver Azize Tanrikulu TUR
Bronze Diana Lopez USA
Bronze Martina Zubcic CRO

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Olympic Dad Slashed to Death in Beijing by Crazed Chinese

Saturday, August 9th, 2008

photo from USAvolleyball.org

Tragedy mars the first day of the Olympics in Beijing when the father of Olympian Elisabeth “Wiz” Bachman was brutally slain, and her mother seriously injured, by a “deranged Chinese man” wielding a knife.

Todd and Barbara Bachman of Lakeville, Minn. — parents of 2004 volleyball Olympian Elisabeth “Wiz” Bachman and in-laws of U.S. men’s volleyball coach Hugh McCutcheon — were attacked by a Chinese man while visiting the 13th-century Drum Tower.

The U.S. Olympic Committee confirmed Bachman died from knife wounds and that Barbara Bachman suffered life-threatening injuries. She and their Chinese tour guide, who was also injured in the attack, were being treated in a Beijing hospital.

Elisabeth Bachman was with them at the time of the attack, but uninjured. - Source

The assailant, Tang Yongming, leapt to his death following the attack.

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