Julien Absalon becomes the first man to win the men 's mountain bike title . 36-year - old German Sabine Spitz claims victory in the women 's mountain bike . China complete a table tennis clean sweep with the gold medal won by Ma Lin . The 36-year-old , who only began racing at the relatively late age of 22 , was determined to improve on her bronze medal in Athens . Australian Matthew Mitcham denies China clean sweep of diving golds .
Julien Absalon becomes the first man to win the men 's mountain bike title . 36-year - old German Sabine Spitz claims victory in the women 's mountain bike . China complete a table tennis clean sweep with the gold medal won by Ma Lin . Australian Matthew Mitcham denies China clean sweep of diving golds .