The Beijing Games continues to set records for television viewership. People around the world are enjoying the sport gala as demonstrated by audience numbers.

Wednesday, Mexican Guillermo Perez won a gold medal in taekwondo. It's Mexico's first gold medal at the Olympic Games in eight years.

Mexicans clustered around television sets wherever they could, in restaurants and shops, tensely awaiting the outcome of the match.

Mexico's President Felipe Calderon telephoned Perez a few minutes after the triumph to say, "really you are privileged. Mexicans deserve a triumph like this."