China's Yi Siling won the first gold medal of the London Olympics on Saturday. Yi staged a comeback to win the women's 10-meter air rifle with a score of 502.9 on Saturday at the Royal Artillery Barracks. Yi narrowly defeated Sylwia Bogacka of Poland, who took the silver with a 502.2. Yu Dan of China won the bronze with a 501.5.
Yi’s win continues a very successful year, after winning gold in Munich and silver in London in the International Shooting Sport Federation’s World Cup series.
“I just prayed that I could get to a labour room,” she said. “I would accept it with an open heart. I am not a normal mummy doing everything slowly.
“The baby is quite fine. She hasn’t made an appearance during training or competition. I told her to behave herself. I felt only three or four kicks during the competition. When she kicked I tried to breathe in, breathe out and make myself calm.”
Poland's Sylwia Bogacka took silver and China's Yu Dan bronze.
Americans Jamie Lynn Gray and Sarah Scherer finished fifth and seventh.
Siling Yi of China celebrates as she wins the gold medal during the Women's 10m Air Rifle Shooting Final
China's Yi Siling smiles after winning the women's 10m air rifle final competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the Royal Artillery Barracks at Woolwich in southeast London July 28, 2012.
Golden girl: Yi Siling has won the first gold medal in Olympics 2012
Top-ranked Yi Siling of China captures the first gold medal of the London Games with a victory in the women's 10-meter air rifle competition at Royal Artillery Barracks.
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