Chinese gold medallists at Athens Olympics

Chinese Du Li is (C) all smiles as she holds up the gold medal. Du wins the women's 10m air rifle gold medal with a score of 502 points at the Olympic Games in Athens on Saturday, August 14. (Xinhua photo)

Chinese shooter Wang Yifu wins the men's 10m air pistol gold medal in Athens, Greece, Aug.14, 2004.Wang totalled 690.0 points for the title, beating Russian Mikhail Nestruev to the second place in 689.8. Isakov Vladimir of Russia came third at 684.3 points. (Xinhua Photo)

Chinese Guo Jingjing (L) and Wu Mingxia won the gold medals of women's 3m springboard synchronized at Athens Olympic Games on August 14.

Chinese divers Tian Liang (R) and Yang Jinghui show their gold medals for the men's 10m platform at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, August. 14, 2004.

Chinese Xian Dongmei poses for a picture after winning the gold medal of women's 52kg Judo gold in Athens, Greece, Aug.15, 2004. Euranie from France and Ilse Heylen of Belgium win the silver and bronze medals respectively.

Chinese shooters Zhu Qinan (C) and Li Jie (L), and Jozef Gonci of Slovakia stand at the reward platform at the Olympic Games in Athens, August 16, 2004. Zhu Qinan won China the third shooting gold medal in the men's 10m air rifle in a new world record of 702.7 points Monday. Another Chinese Li Jie finished second at 701.3 , followed by Jozef Gonci of Slovakia for the bronze medal at 697.4.

Chinese Chen Yanqing stands at the reward platform for the gold of the women's 58kg weightlifting with a new Olympic record of 237.5 kg in total at the Olympic Games in Athens, August 16, 2004.

Chinese Luo Xuejuan wins women's 100m breaststroke at the Olympic Games in Athens, August 16, 2004.

China's 62 kg weightlifter Shi Zhiyong (center) waves to the crowd with silver winning teammate Le Maosheng and Greece's bronze winner Leonidas Sampanis during the medal ceremony 16, 2004.

Lao Lishi (R) and Li Ting , Chinese diving gold medallists for the women's 10 meter platform, waves bouquets at the rewarding ceremony at the Olympic Games in Athens, August 16, 2004.

China's Zhang Guozheng smiles at the reward podium for the men's 69kg weightlifting gold at the Olympic Games in Athens, August 18, 2004. Zhang Guozheng injured himself in the waist at his last lift attempt.

Gold medallist Zhang Ning (C) of China, silver medallist Mia Audina (L) of the Netherlands and bronze medallist Zhou Mi of China are shown at the reward ceremony for the women's badminton individual at the Athens Olympic Games in Athens, August 19, 2004.

Liu Chunhong wins the gold medal in women's 69kg weightlifting final at the Athens Olympic Games on August 19.

Chinese gold medallists Zhang Jun (L) and Gao Ling have a photo taken at the reward ceremony for the badminton double mixed at the 28th Olympic Games in Athens, August 19, 2004.

Chinese ace paddlers Wang Nan and Zhang Yining outclassed their South Korean opponents in the women' s doubles final Friday in Athens to clinch the first gold for China in the table tennis tournament of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.

Chinese Ma Lin (L) and Chen Qi show their gold medals at the reward podium at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 21, 2004. They beat Ko Lai Chak and Li Ching of Chinese Hong Kong to take the gold medal of the men's table tennis doubles.

Chinese shuttlers Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen (L3-4) show their gold medals at the reward podium for the women's doubles at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 21, 2004.

Gold medallist Tang Gonghong at the reward podium for the women's 75kg category weightlifting at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 21, 2004.

Chinese gold medallist shooter Jia Zhanbo waves at the reward podium for the men's 50m rifle 3 positions which he won with a total of 1264.5 points at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 22, 2004.

Chinese table tennis gold medallist Zhang Yining wearing China's national flag after the reward ceremony for the women's table tennis single which she won after defeating Kim Hyang Mi of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 22, 2004.

Chinese tennis players Li Ting/Sun Tiantian (R1) smile at the reward podium after winning the women's tennis doubles, China's first ever gold in tennis, at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 22, 2004.

Chinese gold medallist Teng Haibin (R2), Romanian silver medallist Marius Daneil Urzica (R3) and Japanese Takehiro Kashima show their medals at the reward podium for the pommel horse event at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 22, 2004.

Chinese wrestler Wang Xu wins the gold medal for the women's freestyle wrestling 72kg category at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 23, 2004.

Chinese Peng Bo (C) wins the gold medal of the men's 3m springboard tournament at the Olympic Games on August 24. His victory also brings China its 24th gold.

Chinese gold and silver medallists Guo Jingjing (C) and Wu Minxia (R) have photos taken with bronze medallist Yulia Pakhalina of Russia after the reward ceremony for the women's 3m springboard diving event at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 26, 2004.

Liu Xiang of China sprints at the men's 110m hurdles of which he won the gold as he tied the 11-year-old world record of 12.91 seconds by Colin Jackson of Britain at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 27, 2004.

Chinese gold medallist Xing Huina shows her medal at the reward ceremony for the women's 10,000m race at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 28, 2004.

Meng Guanliang and Yang Wenjun on top of the podium after winning men's C2 500m gold medal at Athens Olympic Games on August 28.

Chinese Luo Wei (C) won the gold medal of the women's 67kg taekwondo at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 28, 2004.

Chinese Hu Jia (C) wins the gold of the men's 10m platform with a total score of 748.08 at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 28, 2004. Tian Liang (R) won the bronze.

Chinese players singing the national anthem on the reward podium at the ceremony for the womne's volleyball at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 28, 2004. China beat Russia 3:2 to win the gold.

Gold medallist Chen Zhong (C) of China, silver medallist Myriam Baverel (R) of France and bronze medallist Adriana Carmona of Venezuela at the reward podium for the women's over 67kg division taekwondo at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 29, 2004.