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Dibaba, Stuczynski, Willis, Defar, Zhou medal in Beijing
 BEIJING, China - Becoming the first woman in history to win the Olympic distance double, Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba highlighted the 2008 Olympic Games for Global Athletics & Marketing with her two gold medals. She is shown at left winning the first, at 10,000 meters. Joining her among GAM athletes on the medal stand in their respective events were Jennifer Stuczynski (silver, pole vault, USA); Nick Willis (bronze, 1500m, New Zealand); Meseret Defar (bronze, 5000m, Ethiopia); and Zhou Chunxiu (bronze, women's marathon, China). For details, see the individual stories in our News section.
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