KARACHI: Embarking a strong start in medal race, China won four of the 12 gold medals handed out on the first full day of competition at the London Olympics on Saturday, the most of any nation for the day.
They started off with Yi Siling, making a history, winning the first gold medal of the 2012 Olympics in the women's 10-meter air rifle competition. Chinese Yu Dan won the bronze in that same competition.
After that, Four-time weightlifting world champion Wang Mingjuan won the gold medal in women's 48-kilogram weightlifting.
Ye Shiwen unleashed a burst to claim Olympic gold in 400m medley in world record time. The 16-year-old overwhelmed American world champion Elizabeth Beisel to win the final in four minutes 28.43 seconds.
Sun Yang, 20, also became the first Chinese Olympic men's swimming Champion with victory in the 400m freestyle final in a near-world record time at Games. He swept past South Korean defending Champion Park Tae-Hwan at the final turn and surged home to win gold in three minutes 40.14 seconds.
The Chinese team also added two bronze medals and stands atop the total table with six. Italy won two golds and is tied with the U.S. with five medals. Host Britain failed to win any events, with men’s cycling road-race favorite Mark Cavendish finishing 29th.
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