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Shooting

Tears of joy for Du

AP, Beijing
China's Du Li left her previous shooting event weeping and so distraught she considering
OQO droPPing out of the Olympics.
On Thursday tears flowed again, but this time they were those of joy and relief as Du left clutching the gold medal in the women's 50-meter, three-position rifle event.
Du led by one point entering the finals and shot a 101.3 to win the event with an Olympic record 690.3 points. Silver medalist Katerina Emmons finished with 687.7 points.
‘During the first event I did perform very bad and it was a big pity," Du said. "I let many people dowp. I thought about givingup but ... during the past days fans give me
a lot of support and my spirit resumed."
The victory eased thestingofDu's performance in the IOmeter air rifle event, where she was a favourite but finished fifth. She said the pressure of competing at home got to her.
It looked like she might be in for a similar fate on Thursday when she scored a round-low 8.7 on the first shot She turned it around on the next shot, scoring a 10.3 and didn't falter after that. She wrapped up the win with a 10.8on the ninth shot.
"1 was a little nervous,” said Du, whose 589 points in qualifying tied an Olympic record. "I made the same mistake that I made at die 10m air rifle. But I knew I couldn't repeat the same mistake fortheremainingshots.”
Du said she received many postcards and words of encouragement since her first event and was touched by those sentiments. She thanked Emmons, who consoled her after that loss.
“What was most difficult was not the (last) four years, but the last four days which felt longer than four years,” she said. “It was so hard since 1 lost my first, but I held on.”
Emmons, of the Czech Republic, came in second after taking gold in the 10m air rifle. She is married to American shooter Matt Emmons.
She's proving to be a reliable shoulder to cry on. She and Man began dating soon after she consoled him following a 2004 debacle when he lost an almost sure gold medal by shooting the wrong target on the last shot
Emmons said this isn't her strongest event, so she was happy to simply make the finals.
"I wasn't nervous at all because I already won a gold medal, so I was very calm coming into the final," she said.
Cuba's Eglis Yaima Cruz got the bronze, American Jamie Beyerle finished fifth.