Katerina Emmons won the first gold medal of the Olympic Games in Beijing

Posted by bumeral

August 10, 2008

The Czech won the victory in the discipline of women’s air rifle from 10 meters and broke the Olympic record with 503.5 points to achieve a perfect score of 400 in the ranking.

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The Russian Lioubov Galkina won the silver and bronze Croatian Snjezana Pejcic.

The slingshot Czech Katerina Emmons prevented from China made with the first gold in the Olympic Games of Beijing-2008, to be awarded this Saturday’s victory in the modality carbine 10 metres in the Beijing Shooting Range Hall complex.

The china Du Li, Olympic champion in Athens-2004, finished in fifth position, disappoint the millions of Chinese who were waiting to start their Olympic Games winning the first metal.

Under pressure to get the ‘aoyun shoujin’, the first Olympic gold, Li was unable to contain the tears after his failure and refused to speak to the large number of Chinese journalists that he had hoped.

The china ran the same fate as his compatriot Zhao Yinghui, favorite to win the first gold in Athens, which also failed to climb the podium.

Among the 5,000 people who filled the stadium, was the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Jacques Rogge, who is responsible for delivering the first medals.

Emmons, 24 years, also beat the Olympic record in the qualifying round with 503.5 points, to be awarded the first of 302 gold medals at stake in Olympic competition which officially began on Saturday morning.

This is his first Olympic gold although they hung the bronze in Athens in 2004 and was world champion of the modality in 2002 in Lathi (India), plus runners behind Li in 2006 in Zagreb.

Nothing else proclaimed Olympic champion, was laid in the arms of her husband, American Matthew Emmons, also shooter, who won Olympic gold in 50 meter rifle in Athens-2004. “Could only say that I feel great,” he said before go with her husband, who met in Athens.

His father, Petr Kurka, was twice world champion shot.

Now, hopes for China to start to a good start this Saturday their quest for most of the gold in 15 tests and shot to overcome a Estados Unidos en el medallero remain in the hands of champion pistol 10 m, Peng Wei, entering liza later.

Final women’s 10m air carbine

.1. Katerina Emmons (CZE) 503.5 Gold
.2. Lioubov Galkina (RUS) 502.1 Silver
.3. Snjezana Pejcic (CRO) 500.9 Bronze
.4. Jamie Beyer (USA) 499.8
.5. Du Li (CHN) 499.6
.6. Olga Dovgun (KAZ) 498.1
.7. Marie Laure Gigon (FRA) 497.3
.8. Sylwia Bogacka (POL) 495.7.

The triumph of Emmons means the opening of the medals at these Olympics, on Friday morning lived its official opening with a spectacular ceremony.

There, the Olympic flame was lit by former Chinese gymnast Li Ning, who flew restrained by a rope around the stadium. The delegation paraded with the Colombian cyclist Maria Luisa Calle to the head.

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