the suspense over who will win the first olympic medal and in which event is really a interesting thing. chinese officials are determined to make sure china, as the host country, wins the first gold of the games. the women's 10m air rifle - which includes two chinese medal favorites - has its final scheduled at 10:30 am on aug 9 and should end about 20 minutes later.
if all goes as planned, either reigning gold medalist shooter du li or world champion zhao yinghui will raise 2008's first gold at the beijing shooting range.
but if du and zhao are too far behind in points going into the final, the rumor says, organizers will delay the last ten shots of the final while the weightlifting final goes on as planned so china can secure the gold.
i think the first gold medal must belong to we chinese, let wait this moment together.