Guo wins China's fifth gold at London Olympics

Updated: 2012-07-29 19:52:24

(Xinhua)

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Guo wins China's fifth gold at London Olympics

China's Guo Wenjun reacts after winning the women's 10m Air Pistol finals competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the Royal Artillery Barracks at Woolwich in southeast London July 29, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]

China's Guo Wenjun bites her gold medal at the victory ceremony for the women's 10m Air Pistol competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the Royal Artillery Barracks at Woolwich in London July 29, 2012.?[Photo/Agencies]

LONDON - Defending champion Guo Wenjun won the fifth gold for China after a breathtaking final on women's 10m air pistol event here on Sunday.

Guo scored 488.1 points to pocket the gold medal. It was China's first gold on Sunday and the fifth in total after harvesting four golds on the very first competition day.

Celine Goberville from France and Kostevych from Ukraine levelled on 486.6 points. Goberville made a wonderful 10.6 in the shootoff, beating the 9.7-point Kostevych to collect the silver. Kostevych got the bronze.

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