China on record-setting pace with 22 golds

Associated Press BEIJING -- From getting their first swimming gold in a world-record time to a long-awaited gold in men's gymnastics to golden redemption for a shooter, host China continued to amaze. With five more golds Thursday, their Olympic tally is up to 22. China's winning percentage is ridiculous -- more than 1 in every 4 events. If the Chinese can somehow keep it up, they would claim 78 golds -- the most by any country in a non-boycotted games since 1904, back when tug-of-war was still on the docket. The U.S. men's basketball team knew that kind of domination not so long ago, but has struggled of late. Proof the mojo is back might have come Thursday night in their 92-69 victory over Greece, the team that knocked them off in the semifinals of the world championships two years ago. Roger Federer and the Williams sisters... [read full story]