China's Yi Siling wins London Games' 1st gold

Yi Siling of China competes in the Women's 10m Air Rifle Shooting Final on Day 1 of the London 2012 Olympic Games, at The Royal Artillery Barracks on July 28, 2012. / Lars Baron/Getty Images

(AP) LONDON - Top-ranked Yi Siling of China captured the first gold medal of the London Olympics in the women's 10-meter air rifle at Royal Artillery Barracks on Saturday.

Sylwia Bogacka of Poland took the silver for her first major medal, and Yu Dan of China won the bronze.

Yi was the overwhelming favorite but it took a mistake from Bogacka in the eighth round of the 10-shot final for her to edge the unheralded Pole.

Bogacka shot a 9.7, her worst score of the final, and dropped to fourth. A near perfect score on her final shot gave her the silver ahead of Yu.

Yi finished with a score of 502.9 while Bogacka was at 502.2 and Yu at 501.5. Defending champion Katerina Emmons, who won a qualifying shootoff to make the final, finished fourth.

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[gold4]

In the violent world we live in,THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY KIND OF MEDALS FOR SHOOTING ANY KIND OF GUNS, THAT GOES FOR MAN AND WOMEN.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GLORIFY THE SHOOTING OF ANY THING.
INSTEAD, THEY SHOULD GIVE AWARDS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ASSISTING THE WOUNDED IN SYRIA OR IN ANY HOSPITAL IN THE WORLD, OR IN ANY WAR, FOR THAT MATTER.
BAN THE WEAPONS, SO CALLED SPORT!!!!

[talkin2u924]

How sad that the very first gold is given for the shooting of a weapon. On the heels of a mass murder with assault weapons, slaughter in Syria and murder after murder we celebrate the first gold given to a human who can shoot a gun. Not for running, jumping or playing a game. But for shooting a weapon. It's a sad sad day for our world community that we celebrate such an accomplishment. Why does the Olympic committee believe the shooting of a gun is a sport but Auto Racing and Golf are not. It takes just as much athleticism and skill to drive a car and drive a golf ball as it does a bullet.

[you_MAY_be_right]

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