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China wins London 2012 Olympics' first gold medal

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China wins London's first gold

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Yi Siling is overcome with emotion (Reuters)

Yi Siling is overcome with emotion (Reuters)

World champion Yi Siling of China won the first gold medal at the London Olympics on Saturday, in the women's 10 metres air rifle shooting.

Long-time leader Sylwia Bogacka of Poland took silver and Yu Dan of China bronze.

Another 301 gold medals are up for grabs at the Games.

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2/08/2012 2:11:18 p.m.

mihaere wrote:

I hope we get 100 medals, That would be awesome for New Zealand.

•••Total
United States of America462929104
People's Republic of China38272388
Great Britain29171965
Russian Federation24263282
South Korea138728
New Zealand62513
All the medals