The first gold goes to China and congratulations to them. Yang Qian won the women's 10m air rifle event, with an Olympic record (251.
and Russian shooter Anastasiia Galashina finished at the 2nd place with 251.1 (Russia is not allowed in the Olympics, so the athletes are competing under the banner of ROC). Bronze medal was won by Nina Christen of Switzerland (230.6). Galashina was leading until the last round, but an exceptional performance by the Chinese shooter helped her to overtake the Russian.
For today (24th July), the only remaining medal event is 10m Air Pistol Men's Final.
and Russian shooter Anastasiia Galashina finished at the 2nd place with 251.1 (Russia is not allowed in the Olympics, so the athletes are competing under the banner of ROC). Bronze medal was won by Nina Christen of Switzerland (230.6). Galashina was leading until the last round, but an exceptional performance by the Chinese shooter helped her to overtake the Russian. For today (24th July), the only remaining medal event is 10m Air Pistol Men's Final.
China already has two gold medals - a couple of hours ago, the Chinese woman won the weightlifting competition in the 49 kg category. And again a new Olympic record was set - 210 kilograms in total. Interesting numbers, taking into account the weight of the athlete, pharmacology works wonders
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.But that girl has taken the Asian Championships last April, so not surprised that she will bring the gold in the this years' Olympics. And if I'm not mistaken the record which she held is 213 kilograms.
Interesting to note that the silver medal goes to Mirabai Chanu of India, their first weight lifting medal in 21 years.
