China Wins 4 Gold Medals on the First Day at Athens Olympics
China has won four gold medals, one silver and one bronze on the first day of the ongoing Athens Olympic Games. |
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王义夫 男子10米气手枪
郭晶晶/吴敏霞 女子双人三米跳板
田亮/杨景辉 男子双人十米跳台
China has won four gold medals, one silver and one bronze ranking the first on the medal tally on the first day of the ongoing Athens Olympic Games.
After Du Li and Wang Yifu won the first two golds on 10 meter air rifle and air pistol respectively, Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia took the first diving title on offer with a total of 336.90 points.
The Chinese duo(一对,一双,两个) beat back a strong challenge from their Russian opponents Vera Ilyina and Yulia Pakhalina who finished with a silver medal at 330.84. Australians Irina Lashko and Chantelle Newbery took the bronze at 309.30.
Tian Liang and Yang Jinghui won the second diving gold medal with 383.88 points in the men's 10m synchronized diving title.
Nurcan Taylan of Turkey set a new world record in the women's 48kg category weightlifting with 97.5 kilograms while Chinese Li Zhuo lifted 92.5 kilos taking the silver.
American swimmer Michael Phelps won the men's 400m individual medley in a new world record of 4:08.26.
He broke the old world record 4:08.41 set by himself on July 7 in the U.S. Olympic trials.
The teenage phenom is looking forward to breaking countryman Mark Spitz's seven-gold-in-one-games.
Ian Thorpe of Australia won the men's 400m freestyle gold in 3:43.10.
World record holder Yana Klochkova from Ukraine won the women's 400m individual medley in a time of 4:34.83 while Australia won the women's 4x100m freesytle gold in a new world record time of 3:35.94.
Italy won a gold medal in fencing.
In women's football, China held 1-1 by Mexico, but in women's volleyball, China beat the US 3-1. Chinese women's basketball team defeated its arch rival South Korea 71-54 earlier in the day.
Australia ranks the second in the medal tally with two golds, one silver and two bronzes, followed by Japan and Italy each with two golds.
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