LONDON (Reuters) – Belarus collected their first gold medal of the London Games on Friday when shooter Sergei Martynov easily won the men’s 50 meter prone rifle with a world-record score.

The 44-year-old, who serves in the air force at home, scored 705.5 to finish ahead of Belgium’s Lionel Cox on 701.2 with Slovenia’s Rajmond Debevec third on 701.

LONDON, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Belarus collected their first gold
medal of the London Games on Friday when shooter Sergei Martynov
easily won the men’s 50 metre prone rifle with a world-record
score.

The 44-year-old, who serves in the air force at home, scored
705.5 to finish ahead of Belgium’s Lionel Cox on 701.2 with
Slovenia’s Rajmond Debevec third on 701.

LONDON (Reuters) – The poster boy of Indian boxing, Vijender Singh, came through a close battle with American Terrell Gausha on Thursday to make the last eight of the middleweights as the grumbles about officiating at the London Games continued.

The powerful 26 year-old edged a close contest, which could have gone either way, 16-15 with his stiff left jab probably catching the eye of the judges more than the speed of Gausha.

LONDON (Reuters) – The poster boy of Indian boxing, Vijender Singh, came through a close battle with American Terrell Gausha on Thursday to make the last eight of the middleweights as the grumbles about officiating at the London Games continued.

The powerful 26 year-old edged a close contest, which could have gone either way, 16-15 with his stiff left jab probably catching the eye of the judges more than the speed of Gausha.

LONDON, Aug 2 (Reuters) – The poster boy of Indian boxing,
Vijender Singh, came through a close battle with American
Terrell Gausha on Thursday to make the last eight of the
middleweights as the grumbles about officiating at the London
Games continued.

The powerful 26 year-old edged a close contest, which could
have gone either way, 16-15 with his stiff left jab probably
catching the eye of the judges more than the speed of Gausha.

LONDON (Reuters) – As he collected dirty glasses in his local pub Briton Peter Wilson contemplated giving up shooting, but coaching sessions with Dubai royalty have left the former farm hand now only picking up an Olympic gold medal.

The 25-year-old was in disbelief on Thursday as he won the men’s double trap title in front of a huge crowd at the Royal Artillery Barracks in south east London, reminiscing about his roller coaster journey to the top.

LONDON, Aug 2 (Reuters) – As he collected dirty glasses in
his local pub Briton Peter Wilson contemplated giving up
shooting, but coaching sessions with Dubai royalty have left the
former farm hand now only picking up an Olympic gold medal.

The 25-year-old was in disbelief on Thursday as he won the
men’s double trap title in front of a huge crowd at the Royal
Artillery Barracks in south east London, reminiscing about his
roller coaster journey to the top.

LONDON (Reuters) – British sharp-shooter and former farm hand Peter Wilson overcame blustery conditions to win the men’s double trap Olympic title on Thursday, sparking wild celebrations amongst the home crowd.

The world record holder shot 188 out of 200 to win gold ahead of Sweden’s Hakan Dahlby in second on 186 in front of a capacity crowd at the Royal Artillery Barracks in south east London.

LONDON, Aug 2 (Reuters) – British sharp-shooter and former
farm hand Peter Wilson overcame blustery conditions to win the
men’s double trap Olympic title on Thursday, sparking wild
celebrations amongst the home crowd.

The world record holder shot 188 out of 200 to win gold
ahead of Sweden’s Hakan Dahlby in second on 186 in front of a
capacity crowd at the Royal Artillery Barracks in south east
London.

LONDON (Reuters) – In an Olympics labeled the Women’s Games, Kim Jang-mi proved that South Korea’s female shooters were every bit as capable as the country’s men by claiming the 25 meter pistol gold after a tense battle with China’s Chen Ying.

Having roared through qualifying with an Olympic record of 591 out of 600, Wednesday’s final was expected to be a procession for the world record holder as she held a six point lead.