Emmons repeats Athens tragedy

Despite not shooting the wrong target this time, the 4.4 that the United States' Matthew Emmons scored on his last shot was no better than the zero from his last shot in the same event final four years ago.
After nine shots in the final of the Men's 50m Rifle Three Positions, Emmons was leading by 3.3 points over Ukraine's Jury Sukhorukov. Qiu Jian of China was in third place with one tenth of a point less.

Opens with Gold Medals In Beijing

                 The gold medal is Emmons' second Olympic medal, following her bronze at Athens 2004 in the same event.  She is married to U.S. shooter Matt Emmons, a member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team.  Lioubov Galkina of Russia placed second (502.1) while Snjezana Pejcic of Croatia took the bronze (500.9).
 
                The 24-year-old Emmons broke Olympic records in both the qualification and final rounds.  She shot a perfect score of 400, which equaled the World Record and set a new Olympic Record.  The previous Olympic Record was 399.