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China adds four golds to lead Olympics medal tally
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August 2, 2012, Thursday
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CHINA snatched four gold medals in table tennis, diving, weightlifting and swimming to raise their tally to 17 yesterday, well ahead of the United States, who have 12.
In table tennis, Li Xiaoxia outclassed world champion Ding Ning in an all-Chinese final to win the women's singles gold. Li won 11-8, 14-12, 8-11, 11-6, 11-4.
China has won every women's singles title in table tennis since the sport was introduced to the Olympics in 1988.
In diving, four down, four to do: the gold medal won by Qin Kai and Luo Yutong in the men's 3-meter synchro springboard was the fourth earned by the Chinese "Dream Team." They are now halfway in their quest to clean sweep all eight gold medals.
China also picked up its fourth gold medal in weightlifting when Lu Xiaojun bettered his own world records in snatch and total to win the men's -77kg class.
Lu snatched 175kg, 1kg better than his previous mark, and made a best clean and jerk of 204kg to register a combined total of 379kg, also 1kg better than his own world record.
"I was full of confidence throughout and I believe I could do it," Lu said after the competition.
Jiao Liuyang improved on her silver medal won four years ago to capture gold in women's 200m butterfly in 2:04.06. Spain's Mireia Belmonte Garcia took silver in 2:05.25, with Japan's Natsumi Hoshi third in 2:05.48.
Also in the pool, two more world records fell.
Hungarian Daniel Gyurta set the tone with a world record victory in the men's 200m breaststroke in 2 minutes 7.28 seconds, shaving 0.03 off the previous mark set by Christian Sprenger of Australia in 2009.
America's Rebecca Soni then added another world record in the women's 200m breaststroke semis.
To the relief of tens of thousands of anxious Britons, Team GB scooped two gold following a series of disappointment in the opening days of their home Games.
Helen Glover and Heather Stanning rowed to victory in the women's pair, in front of a home crowd of 25,000 including Princes William and Harry.
"It's so surreal, it will take forever to sink in," said Glover.
Cyclist Bradley Wiggins, fresh from his Tour de France triumph, won the cycling time trial.
In table tennis, Li Xiaoxia outclassed world champion Ding Ning in an all-Chinese final to win the women's singles gold. Li won 11-8, 14-12, 8-11, 11-6, 11-4.
China has won every women's singles title in table tennis since the sport was introduced to the Olympics in 1988.
In diving, four down, four to do: the gold medal won by Qin Kai and Luo Yutong in the men's 3-meter synchro springboard was the fourth earned by the Chinese "Dream Team." They are now halfway in their quest to clean sweep all eight gold medals.
China also picked up its fourth gold medal in weightlifting when Lu Xiaojun bettered his own world records in snatch and total to win the men's -77kg class.
Lu snatched 175kg, 1kg better than his previous mark, and made a best clean and jerk of 204kg to register a combined total of 379kg, also 1kg better than his own world record.
"I was full of confidence throughout and I believe I could do it," Lu said after the competition.
Jiao Liuyang improved on her silver medal won four years ago to capture gold in women's 200m butterfly in 2:04.06. Spain's Mireia Belmonte Garcia took silver in 2:05.25, with Japan's Natsumi Hoshi third in 2:05.48.
Also in the pool, two more world records fell.
Hungarian Daniel Gyurta set the tone with a world record victory in the men's 200m breaststroke in 2 minutes 7.28 seconds, shaving 0.03 off the previous mark set by Christian Sprenger of Australia in 2009.
America's Rebecca Soni then added another world record in the women's 200m breaststroke semis.
To the relief of tens of thousands of anxious Britons, Team GB scooped two gold following a series of disappointment in the opening days of their home Games.
Helen Glover and Heather Stanning rowed to victory in the women's pair, in front of a home crowd of 25,000 including Princes William and Harry.
"It's so surreal, it will take forever to sink in," said Glover.
Cyclist Bradley Wiggins, fresh from his Tour de France triumph, won the cycling time trial.
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