Gold glitters toward China

ZHANG Xiaoping beat Ireland’s Kenny Egan to win the Olympic light weight (81kg) boxing gold medal at the Olympic Games on Sunday, the first gold of its kind for the country.
On the same day, Zou Shiming won China’s first gold medal in boxing after Mongolian light flyweight Serdamba Purevdorj retired early in the second round of their title bout with an apparent shoulder injury.
Meng Guanliang and Yang Wenjun retained their Olympic title in the men's Canoe Double (C2) 500m for China on Saturday, marking the return of the king.
China completed a clean sweep of all four titles in the Olympic table tennis competition Saturday, living up to the expectations of fans in the world's most-populous country who view the sport as a matter of national pride.
The table tennis superpower steamrolled over anyone trying to stand in the way. Home advantage helped to make it powerful enough to claim two team titles and occupy the top three places in both the men's and women's singles events.
Ma Lin, ranked second in the world, clinched the men's singles title by trouncing top-ranked Wang Hao 4-1 in the final late Saturday. It was the 20th table tennis gold medals for China in Olympic history on Saturday.
World number one Zhang Yining won her fourth Olympic gold Friday night, after beating veteran Wang Nan 4-1 in an all-Chinese final that the winner described as a “perfect ending.”
The Chinese women’s hockey made a breakthrough in the Olympics by clinching a historic silver medal on Saturday. It’s their best-ever result in world arena and the first-ever hockey medal in Olympics.
China recaptured the women's 10m diving title at the Beijing Olympic Games with teenager Chen Ruolin slicing from the top board on Thursday.
Chen, 15, newly crowned 10m platform synchro champion with partner Wang Xin, claimed the gold with 447.70 points, while Emilie Heymans of Canada took the silver in 437.05.
Wang, 16, winner of the event at the Melbourne World Championships in 2007, took the bronze in 429.9.
Yin Jian gained China its first ever-Olympic sailing gold by claiming the women's RS:X title at the Qingdao Olympic Sailing Centre, thus making history for China at the Beijing Olympic Games on Wednesday.
China's Wu Jingyu claimed the title of the women's 49kg category tai-kwon-do event on Wednesday, beating Thai Buttree Puedpong by one point. It was the first time for China to win this class since the events were included in the Olympic program at the Sydney Games.
China's all-conquering gymnasts concluded their gold haul at the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday, snatching nine out of the 14 golds on offer.
Li Xiaopeng and Zou Kai continued China's gold run on Tuesday, when Li, a three-time Olympian and multi-world champion, was crowned in his speciality apparatus of parallel bars, and Olympic debutant Zou winning China's first horizontal bar gold.
China swept the first six diving golds at the Beijing Olympic Games as He Chong won the men's 3m springboard gold on Tuesday.
Chinese male trampolinist Lu Chunlong whistled to the host nation's second trampoline gold medal Tuesday at the Beijing Olympics.
China's Zou Kai won the horizontal bar gold medal on Tuesday, putting a perfect ending to the host country's brilliant gymnastic show.
After that, Chinese ace gymnast Li Xiaopeng won the parallel bars gold medal, his strong comeback returning him to the podium at the highest level.
China beat Germany 3-0 to win the men's team gold medal at the Olympic Games on Monday.
China's He Wenna won the first Olympic trampoline gold medal for her country before overjoyed home fans on Monday.
China's He Kexin clinched the uneven bars gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games on Monday.
He, who scored the same 16.725 points with runner-up Nastia Liukin from the United States, claimed the title under a tie-break rule.
Chen Yibing claimed rings title on Monday at the Beijing Olympics, the second Olympic gold in the event in China's gymnastic history.
(ZD News)

Zhang Xiaoping competes at the men’s light heavy (81kg) final bout at Worker’s Gymnasium yesterday.