Emmons misses again, lucky gold goes to China once more

Gold medalist Qiu Jian. (Photo credit: Xinhua)

(BEIJING, August 17) -- Matthew Emmons of the United States, who shot the wrong target in the final of the Men's 50m Rifle Three Positions at Athens 2004 and lost the gold medal, shot a terrible 4.4 on his last shot in the same event today and once again lost a gold that should have been his.

China's Qiu Jian picked up the gold medal with a total score of 1272.5. Jury Sukhorukov of Ukraine won the silver with a tenth of a point less, and the bronze medal went to Rajmond Debevec of Slovenia with 1271.7. Emmons finished fourth.