YOUR OLYMPICS . 08-08-08 China: 2008

Sunday, August 10, 2008

[images: 1.Abhinav Bindra at Beijing. 2.The final scorecard of the event]
Beijing. Aug 11, 2008.

Truly a golden letter day in India's sporting history. ABHINAV BINDRA has bagged the first ever individual Gold medal at Olympics.
The event was the Men's 10m Air Rifle. Bindra had h an incredible performance in the final. Bindra shot a total score of 700.5.
China's Zhu Qinan, gold medalist at Athens 2004, won the silver medal with a total score of 699.7. It may be recalled that Zhu holds the Olympic record for the final score - 702.7 that he shot at Athens 2004.
The bronze medal was won by Finland's Henri Hakkinen, who was leading the field after the qualification round, but was unable to hold off Bindra and Zhu in the final. The Finnish shooter shot a total of 699.4.

Men's 10m Air Pistol -
Gold: PANG Wei
Silver JIN Jong Oh of Korea
Bronze: KIM Jong Su PR Korea

First Gold Medal for China -Chen.

Beijing. Aug 9, 2008
Women's Individual Sabre
Gold     ZAGUNIS Mariel
Silver     JACOBSON Sada
Bronze    WARD Becca

Beijing. Aug 9, 2008.

Katerina Emmons of the Czech Republic denied hosts China a golden start when she won the first gold medal on Saturday the women's 10m air rifle event.
Chen won the chinese first gold medal, but after Emmons.

China. Aug 8, 2008

The results of the first 6 matches are here.

Massive Securuty Arrangements for the Olympics.
One of the worst fears came true- lots of haze inspite of the best efforts from the government to keep the air clear.
Michael Phelps could possibly make history by winning an unprecedented 8 Golds.
Beijing in Festive Look.