Day 6: More gold, more records for China
Thursday, 14th August 2008 ~ Chris ~ Link ~ Comments (0)
As of 6:45 pm Beijing time, China held its lead in the gold medal race, with 22, well ahead of second-place Team USA's 10 golds. South Korea, Italy and Germany were tied for third with six golds each.In terms of overall medals won, China retook the lead from the US, with 34 medals compared to the Americans' 33. South Korea and Australia were tied for third with a total of 16 medals each.
Yang Wei wins men's individual gymnastics competition
Yang Wei (杨威), who took gymnastics gold with his teammates on August 12, won the men's individual competition today. Although Yang is known for his consistent performance across all six disciplines, he came close to disaster in the last, the horizontal bar. Close to losing his grip, he held on to bring China its first men's all-round gold since Li Xiaoshuang 李小双 at the Atlanta games in 1996.
Chinese women swim into the record books
In the swimming pool, Liu Zige (刘子歌) won gold with a world record time of two minutes 04.18 seconds in the women's 200m butterfly. Her teammate Jiao Liuyang (焦刘洋) from Harbin took silver, also beating the previous world record. The ousted world record holder, Jessicah Schipper of Australia, took bronze.
Fourth shooting gold for China
Du Li (杜丽), having unsuccessfully defended her Olympic title in the 10 meter air rifle competition on August 9, today took gold in the 50 meter rifle three positions (prone, standing, kneeling) event. She did it in style too, with a new Olympic record of 690.3 points.
Zhang Juanjuan pulls off archery upset
27th-seeded Zhang Juanjuan (张娟娟) outshot top seed Park Sung-hyun of South Korea for a surprise win in archery's women's individual competition Thursday. Zhang scored 110 of a possible 120 points with Park taking the silver with 109 and her South Korean teammate Yun Ok-hee winning bronze.
Yang Wei image: The Australian
Liu Zige image: french.peopledaily.com.cn
Du Li image: 2008.sina.com.cn
Tags: Du Li, Jiao Liuyang, Li Xiaoshuang, Liu Zige, Yang Wei
Weightlifter Chen wins China's first gold
Saturday, 9th August 2008 ~ Maggie ~ Link ~ Comments (0)
Chen Xiexia wins China's first gold medal of the 2008 Olympics.
Weightlifter Chen Xiexia was the first to win gold for the home team, winning the women's 48 kg competition, lifting 95 kg in the snatch and 117 kg in the clean and jerk.
The honors of the first gold medal of these Olympics went to the Czech Republic, when Katerina Emmons won the women's 10-meter air rifle competition. China's hope in that event, Du Li, did not medal. She fell out of contention with a poor final round performance, earning the seventh worst score out of the eight remaining competitors.
Tags: Beijing Olympics, Chen Xiexia, Du Li, gold, shooting, weightlifting
What to watch for today: China's first gold
Saturday, 9th August 2008 ~ Maggie ~ Link ~ Comments (0)
Look for China's first gold medal to come from one of these athletes today:Shooting: Du Li (10-meter air rifle, women)
Du Li (杜丽) won gold in Athens. If she wins today, it should be the first gold medal of these games, period.
Weightlifting: Chen Xinxia or Yang Lian (杨炼) (48 kg, women)
Chen won gold in three different events in the 2007 Olympics. She is the world record holder in the clean & jerk. Yang won gold at the 2006 world championships and holds the record in the snatch.
Fencing: Tan Xue (sabre, women)
Tan was the sabre silver medalist at the 2007 world championships.
Shooting: Tan Zongliang (10-meter air rifle, men)
Tags: Beijing Olympics, Chen Xinxia, Du Li, fencing, Olympics, shooting, Tan Xue, Tan Zongliang, weightlifting
Shooting World Cup Early Results and Schedule
Monday, 14th April 2008 ~ Maggie ~ Link ~ Comments (0)
China's women shooters got off to a good start at the International Shooting Sport Foundation (ISSF) World Cup in Beijing over the weekend, taking home two bronzes—one for Du Li in the 10 meter air rifle, and one for Ren Jie in 10 meter air pistol. The event continues through next Sunday April 20. Check the complete schedule here.Tags: Du Li, Good Luck Beijing, Ren Jie, shooting, test event