2008 The Olympic year in pictures
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LIGHTNING BLOW, LIGHTNING BOLT: Tunisian boxer Saifeddine Nejmaoui of Tunisia takes one on the chin from Alexey Tishchenko, of Russia. Above, Usain Bolt, the man of the Beijing Games, his sprint double in world record times outshone even Michael Phelps’ eight golds in the pool.
FOIL WRAP: Valentina Vezzali, of Italy, shows her delight while, above, Spain’s sychronised swimmers are poetry in motion.
SISTER ACT: Serena and Venus Williams claim the doubles crown. Right, Australia’ soccer player Mark Bridge appears to have sprouted an extra pair of arms.
NO KIDDING: China’s cherubic gymnasts collect team gold, amid claims they were too young to compete.