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Czech shooter wins Olympic Games' first gold

Czech Republic's Katerina Emmons won the 10-metre air rifle Saturday, winning the Olympic Games' first gold medal.

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  • Published: 13:17 August 9, 2008
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  • Katerina Emmons of the Czech Republic wins the Olympic Games' first gold medal.
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Beijing: Czech Republic's Katerina Emmons won the 10-metre air rifle Saturday, winning the Olympic Games' first gold medal.

Emmons finished with an Olympic record of 503.5 points after shooting a perfect 400 in qualifying.

"I had a headache this morning. I felt very bad. I couldn't imagine how I would shoot feeling this bad," Emmons said.

"Especially since it's the first gold medal of the Olympics, I feel amazing," said the shooter, who won bronze in the same event in 2004.

Lioubov Galkina of Russia won the silver and Snjezana Pejcic of Croatia took the bronze.

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