LONDON, July 29 (Reuters) – China’s Guo Wenjun produced a
near perfect last shot to claim gold in the women’s 10 metre air
pistol, retaining her Olympic title in a topsy-turvy final of
nerve-jangling shooting on Sunday.

Guo finished with a score of 488.1 points with France’s
Celine Goberville claiming silver after a shootoff with
Ukraine’s Olena Kostevych after both finished on 486.6.

LONDON (Reuters) – Shooting took centre stage at the Olympics on Saturday when IOC President Jacques Rogge handed over the first gold medal of the London Games, but it was the pioneering and pregnant athletes who stole the show.

China’s Yi Siling took the honour of being the first London gold medallist when she won the women’s 10 metre air rifle at a packed Royal Artillery Barracks in southeast London as supporters clamoured to see the opening action.

LONDON (Reuters) – Shooting took center stage at the Olympics on Saturday when IOC President Jacques Rogge handed over the first gold medal of the London Games, but it was the pioneering and pregnant athletes who stole the show.

China’s Yi Siling took the honor of being the first London gold medalist when she won the women’s 10 meter air rifle at a packed Royal Artillery Barracks in southeast London as supporters clamored to see the opening action.

LONDON, July 28 (Reuters) – Shooting took centre stage at
the Olympics on Saturday when IOC President Jacques Rogge handed
over the first gold medal of the London Games, but it was the
pioneering and pregnant athletes who stole the show.

China’s Yi Siling took the honour of being the first London
gold medallist when she won the women’s 10 metre air rifle at a
packed Royal Artillery Barracks in southeast London as
supporters clamoured to see the opening action.

LONDON (Reuters) – Shooter Jin Jong-oh survived a mid-final wobble to claim victory in the men’s 10-meter air pistol on Saturday to give South Korea their first gold medal of the London Olympics.

Jin finished with a score of 688.2 after his 10 shots in the eight-man final with Italy’s Luca Tesconi winning silver with 685.8 and Serbia’s Andrija Zlatic taking bronze on 685.2.

LONDON, July 28 (Reuters) – Shooter Jin Jong-oh survived a
mid-final wobble to claim victory in the men’s 10 metre air
pistol on Saturday to give South Korea their first gold medal of
the London Olympics.

Jin finished with a score of 688.2 after his 10 shots in the
eight-man final with Italy’s Luca Tesconi winning silver with
685.8 and Serbia’s Andrija Zlatic taking bronze on 685.2.

LONDON (Reuters) – Yi Siling of China hailed her life-changing moment as she took the honor of claiming the first gold medal of the London Olympics by winning the women’s 10 meter air rifle at the Royal Artillery Barracks on Saturday.

Yi finished with a winning total of 502.9 points after 40 shots in the qualifying round and 10 in the eight-woman final.

LONDON (Reuters) – Yi Siling of China took the honour of claiming the first gold medal of the London Olympics when she won the women’s 10 metre air rifle at the Royal Artillery Barracks on Saturday.

Yi finished with a winning total of 502.9.

Poland’s Sylwia Bogacka, who led for the first half of the final, claimed silver with a total of 502.2 after a costly shot in the eighth round. Yu Dan of China won bronze with a total of 501.5.

LONDON, July 28 (Reuters) – Yi Siling of China took the
honour of claiming the first gold medal of the London Olympics
when she won the women’s 10 metre air rifle at the Royal
Artillery Barracks on Saturday.

Yi finished with a winning total of 502.9.

Poland’s Sylwia Bogacka, who led for the first half of the
final, claimed silver with a total of 502.2 after a costly shot
in the eighth round. Yu Dan of China won bronze with a total of
501.5.

LONDON (Reuters) – Shooter Bahia Al Hamad broke new ground for Qatar by becoming the country’s first female Olympian when she finished 17th in the 10 meter air rifle qualifying event at the London Games on Saturday.

The 20-year-old, dressed in a headscarf, showed no ill effects from Friday night’s opening ceremony when she carried the flag of the tiny Gulf nation, but her efforts ended at the first hurdle as she missed out on one of the eight places in the final.