Emmons wins first gold medal of the Games
Post by fm0009 , 2008-08-08 21:16:44 Source： beijng2008 Editor：fm0009Tags： first gold oly_1
(BEIJING, August 9) -- Katerina Emmons of the Czech Republic won the first gold of the Beijing Olympic Games today when she won the Women's 10m Air Rifle.
Markswoman Katerina Emmons (C) of Czech celebrates with her coach. (Photo credit: Li Ga/Xinhua)
Emmons, 24, was in scintillating form, breaking Olympic records in both the qualification and final rounds.
Katerina Emmons wins the first gold of the Beijing Olympics (Photo Credit: Xinhua).
In the qualification round, Emmons shot a perfect 400, which equaled the World Record and set a new Olympic Record. The previous Olympic Record was 399.
In the final round, Emmons shot 103.5, giving her a final score of 503.5, which eclipsed the previous record of 502.0 set by China's Du Li at Athens 2004.
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