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Article: Gold medal at home renews China's undying Olympic dream

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August 9, 2008
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Gold medal at home renews China's undying Olympic dream

By Sportswriter Bai Xu

BEIJING, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- When Chinese shooter Pang Wei mounted the champion podium, the 22-year-old Olympic debutant was greeted with cheers and thunderous applauses.

Children sang the national anthem loudly with their sweet voices.

Young people, holding a national flag, shouted together spontaneously "China, move on" after the awarding ceremony.

The reticent boy from Hebei province just won a gold medal in men's 10-meter air pistol event on Saturday afternoon with absolute advantage.

His victory was reminiscent of the one 28 years ago, when Xu Haifeng made history by shooting down the first-ever Olympic ...

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