China hopes to clinch more than two shooting golds at Athens

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China hopes to clinch more than two shooting golds at Athens

Chinese shooters will try their best to clinch more than two golds at the Athens Olympics, revealed Xu Haifeng, head coach of the national team Saturday.

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Chinese shooters will try their best to clinch more than two golds at the Athens Olympics, revealed Xu Haifeng, head coach of the national team Saturday.

"Although the State General Sports Administration has not fixed a target for shooting at Athens yet, we hope to secure more than two golds," Xu said. "However, we will try our best to grab as many golds as possible without allowing even one to slip off from our hands."

Chinese shooters have secured 21 berths for the Athens Olympics.And they will strike for anther four to five berths in the Asian championships in Malaysia next February.

According to Xu, who shot down the first Olympic gold for Chinain Los Angeles, a 57-shooter list has been formed to prepare for the Athens. The shooters' performances in the Asian Shooting Championships, the Thailand leg of World Cup and the Warming-up tournament in Athens right before the Olympics will decide the final squad.

The Chinese shooters clinched three gold medals from women's 10m air pistol, men's 10m air rifle and 10m running target at the Sydney Olympics, of which women's 10m air pistol title from Tao Luna was the first gold of the Chinese delegation.

"We will do the best to take the first title for China at Athens as we did in Sydney. But the foreign sharpshooters and the great pressure on the Chinese shooters will be two obstacles for us," said Xu.

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