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China celebrates the 200th gold

Updated: 2012-08-11 11:31
By Huan CAO (chinadaily.com.cn)

China's 37th Olympic gold medal in the London Games was a significant one as it was the 200th gold medal for the country in its summer Olympic history. Chen Ruolin, a platform diving star, celebrated her success on Friday inside the China House in London.

Shooter Xu Haifeng won China's first ever Olympic gold medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Games.

Twenty-eight years later, China's platform diver Chen Ruolin won the countries 200th gold when she clinched the women's 10m individual platform event on Thursday at the London Aquatic Centre.

Chen won both the individual and synchro titles in front of her home fans at the 2008 Beijing Games and repeated the feat at the World Championships in Shanghai last year.

With four Olympic golds, she is now level with Fu Mingxia, Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia.

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