Portugal's gold medal winner Nelson Evora makes an attempt in the final of the men's triple jump during the athletics competitions in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008.
Japan's Yukiyo Mine, left, and Yukiko Ueno celebrate after winning the gold medal against the USA in the gold medal softball game in the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008.
Danielle de Bruijn (6) of the Netherlands scores against the United States in the gold medal women's water polo match at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. De Briuijn scored seven goals as the Netherlands beat the USA 9-8 to win the gold.
United States' LaShawn Merritt celebrates winning the gold in the men's 400-meter final during the athletics competitions in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008.
With silver medals swinging from their necks and their eyes filled with tears, five members of the U.S. Olympic softball team walked to home plate and placed their cleats in the dirt after losing to Japan in the gold medal softball game in the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. Their games were over, and so were their international playing careers.
Canada's Eric Lamaze rides Hickstead during the equestrian individual show jumping competition during the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Hong Kong, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008.
Norway's Kjersti Tysse Platzer lies on the track after winning the silver medal in the women's 20-kilometer walk during a heavy rain in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008.
United States' Misty May-Treanor, right, and teammate, Kerri Walsh, celebrate after the gold medal women's beach volleyball match against China at the Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. USA won 21-18, 21-18.
Chinese diver Chen Ruolin competes in the women's 10-meter platform semifinals at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008.
Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown celebrates after winning the gold in the women's 200-meter final in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008.
Tajikistan's Yusup Abdusalamov, top, wrestles Georgia's Revazi Mindorashvili in a gold medal 84-kilogram freestyle match at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. Mindorashvili won the match.
Georgia's George Gogshelidze, top, wrestles Cuba's Michel Batista in a bronze medal 96-kilogram freestyle match at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. Gogshelidze won bronze.
Competitors brave the pouring rain at the women's 20-kilometer race walk in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008.
South Korea's Son Tae-jin, right, fights Taiwan's Sung Yu-Chi during a semifinal match for the men's taekwondo 68-kilogram class at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008.
Andrey Moiseev, of Russia, competes in the 200-meter freestyle swimming event of the men's modern pentathlon at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008.
Russia's gymnast Evgeniya Kanaeva performs with the rope during the gymnastics rhythmic individual all-around qualification at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008.
Workers set up balloons for the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympics, during the games in Beijing Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008.
USA's Heather Bown, right, and Danielle Scott-Arruda, second right facing camera, along with teammates celebrate their win over Cuba in their women's volleyball semifinals match at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008.
Spain's Fernando Echavarri, right, wears a black band in memory of the airplane crash victims in Madrid, after winning the gold medal for the Tornado sailing competition of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008.
The United States' Bryan Clay makes an attempt in the shot put of the men's decathlon in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008.