Top Olympic Images of 2008

Michael Phelps celebrates with countryman Garrett Weber-Gale after the United States team rallied to win gold in the men's 4 x 100m freestyle relay final on Day 3 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 11. Jason Lezak passed France's Alain Bernard on the anchor leg to set a new world record of 3:08.24, as Phelps won the second of his unprecedented eight gold medals in one Olympics.

Cameron Spencer, Getty Images

Usain Bolt of Jamaica, left shoelace flapping in the air, celebrates as he crosses the line to win the men's 100m final on Day 8 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 16. Bolt clocked a new world record time of 9.69 seconds and went on to win gold in the 200m and 4x100m relay.

Mark Dadswell, Getty Images

Henry Cejudo of the U.S. celebrates his victory over Japan's Tomohiro Matsunaga in the men's 55kg freestyle gold medal match on Day 11 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 19. Cejudo, 21, is the youngest American to ever win an Olympic gold medal in wrestling.

Toshifumi Kitamura, AFP/Getty Images

Shawn Johnson of the U.S. competes in the gymnastics women's beam final at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 19, winning her first gold medal of the Olympics.

Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters

Janos Baranyai of Hungary dislocates his right elbow during his third lift at the men's 77kg Group B snatch weightlifting competition on Day 5 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 13.

Yves Herman, Reuters

Norway's Kjersti Tysse Platzer lies on the track after winning the silver medal in the women's 20-kilometer walk in a heavy rain during the athletics competitions on Day 13 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 21.

Anja Niedringhaus, AP

The boat of Nico Luca Marc Delle Karth and Nikolaus Resch of Austria is hit by a wave as they compete in the 49er class race held at the Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center on Day 9 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 17.

Clive Mason, Getty Images

Cuba's Angel Valodia Matos, left, kicks match referee Sweden's Chakir Chelbat in the face during a bronze medal match in the men's taekwondo +80 kilogram class on Day 15 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 23. Matos attacked the official, throwing punches and kicks, after being declared the loser in his bronze medal match.

Matt Dunham, AP

Germany's Mirko Englich kisses his crying 1-year-old daughter Lotte after he beat U.S. wrestler Adam Wheeler in a semi-final match of the men's 96 kg Greco-Roman wrestling competition on Day 6 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 14.

David Guttenfelder, AP

United States' Misty May-Treanor lunges for the ball during a beach volleyball match against Cuba's Tamara Larrea and Dalixia Fernandez on Day 4 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 12. May-Treanor and her partner Kerri Walsh won, 21-15, 21-16 as the duo won back-to-back gold medals in beach volleyball.

Natacha Pisarenko, AP