text: Australian wins first gold in Olympic stadium test event - Thaindian News
  April 18th, 2008 - 11:23 pm ICT by admin Tweet
  Beijing, April 18 (Xinhua) The first gold medal in a test event of newly constructed Beijing Olympics stadium, called 'Bird's Nest', went to Australian race walker Jared Tallent. Tallent, 23, covered 20 km in 1:20:11 Friday, according to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the organizer of the first Olympic test event in the newly constructed stadium.
  Three Chinese athletes swept the medals at women's 20 km competition.
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