Matthew Emmons' 4.4 Points Cost Him 50m Rifle 3-Positions Gold Medal at Beijing Olympics

Matthew Emmons[wikipedia], the American shooter who wrongly shot at another participanter's target in the final of the Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions in the 2004 Athens Olympics, re-lived a nightmare in Beijing August 17. With one shot left and 3.3 points advantage over other competitors, Matthew Emmons needed only a mediocre shot of 7.6 to win a gold medal in the same event. But the ghosts hauled Emmons again, this time he fired the last shot and scored a mere 4.4, spoiling his bid for a medal at the Games. As a result, China's Qiu Jian won the gold, Jury Sukhorukov of Ukraine the silver and Rajmond Debevec took the bronze.

2008Beijing Olympics Matthew Emmons's 50m Rifle 3-Positions shoot video screenshot (via Sohu.com)

Update: Matthew Emmons explained the cause that led him fire an ill-fortunated shot.

Michael Phelps's 8 Gold Medals Results at Beijing Olympics

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Date	Event	Time
August 10	400 m individual medley	4:03.84*
August 11	4 x 100 m freestyle relay	3:08.24*
August 12	200 m freestyle	1:42.96*
August 13	200 m butterfly	1:52.03*
August 14	4 x 200 m freestyle relay	6:58.56*
August 15	200 m individual medley	1:54.23*
August 16	100 m butterfly	50.58**
August 17	4 x 100 m medley relay	3:29.34*

Notes: *WR **OR Source: Wikipedia

 

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Michael Phelps 8th Gold Medal: Michael Phelps's American Team Won Gold Medal at Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final

Michael Phelps won 8 gold medals at Beijing Olympics

Swimming great Michael Phelps makes a history in the 29th Beijing Summer Olympic Games on August 17, 2008. Phelps, under the collaboration of teammates Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen and Jason Lezak, won his final and also 8th gold medal at the men's 4 x100m medley relay final at this Olympics, becoming the world's only athlete who can win eight gold medals at a single Olympics. The Americans won in a world-record of 3:29.34 minutes, rewriting the old score of 3:30.68 set four years ago in Athens. For Michael Phelps, he also broke Mark Spitz's 36-year-old record of 7 gold medals in one Olympics.