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Greek tragedy all over again
By Tan Yingzi
China Daily
Updated: 2008-08-17 16:31
Matthew Emmons of US (L) is conforted by his wife Katerina after the final results of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games men's 50m Rifle 3 positions shooting event on August 17, 2008 at the Beijing Shooting Hall. Qiu Jian of China won the gold medal, Jury Sukhorukov of Ukraine the silver, and Rajmond Debevec of Slovenia de bronze. Emmons finished in fourth position. [Agencies] |
With a gold medal all but secured with one shot to go, American star shooter Matthew Emmons shocked fans off their chairs yesterday.
Emmons had a comfortable lead and was a trigger pull away from gold. He did not win a single medal. He shot a 4.4 on the last shot of the final of men's 50m 3 positions blowing his title again.
Four years ago in Athens he dropped from first place to last after shooting the wrong target, handing China's Jia Zhanbo a medal. Yesterday, he handed another Chinese shooter the title.
Emmons' miss allowed Qiu Jian to overcome a 0.1 deficit to take the gold with 1,272.5 points followed by Jury Sukhorukov of Ukraine and Rajmond Debevec of Slovenia.