Qiu Jian won the gold after Mathew Emmons finished fourth by squeezing the trigger just before he was ready to fire, wiping out his huge 3.3-point lead. Emmons appeared stunned when his final shot registered a mere 4.4 after he had scored above a 10 with seven of his last nine shots.

Emmons had thrown away a near-certain gold in the event four years ago at Athens too, when he fired at the wrong target.

 

China's Tang Bin, Jin Ziwei, Xi Aihua and Zhang Yangyang celebrate during the medals ceremony for the women's quadruple sculls at the Shunyi Rowing and Canoeing Park in Beijing on August 17, 2008. China won gold, Britain silver and Germany bronze. [Agencies] More photos

In gymnastics, the hosts won two golds, Zou Kai emerging victorious in the men's floor exercise and Xiao Qin picking up the pommel horse title.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) won the women's vault and Romania the women's floor exercise golds.

Lin Dan of China claimed the men's badminton singles title, beating Lee Chong-wei of Malaysia 21-12, 21-9.

Guo Jingjing of China dives during the women's 3m springboarddivingfinal at the National Aquatics Center during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Beijing on August 17, 2008. Guo Jingjing of China won the gold medal in the women's 3m springboard diving final, followed by Julia Pakhalina of Russia with silver and Wu Minxia of China with bronze. [Agencies] More photos

Chinese women beat Singapore to win the table tennis team title to keep China on road to a clean sweep of gold medals in the sport.

Diving queen Guo Jingjing bagged the women's 3m springboard gold, becoming the first diver to win back-to-back Olympic individual and synchronized titles.

Wang Jiao upset two-time world champion Stanka Zlateva of Bulgaria to claim the women's 72kg freestyle wrestling gold.

Lin Dan of China celebrates after defeating Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in the men's badminton singles gold medal match of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium on August 17, 2008. Lin defeated Lee by 21-12, 21-8 to claim the gold medal. [Agencies] More photos

The rowing competition ended at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park, with China snatching its first ever gold medal in the event.

Back at the Water Cube, Britta Steffen of Germany won the women's 50m freestyle.

China Daily-Agencies