QINGDAO, East China -- China's Yin Jian was crowned champion of RS:X Women at the Olympic Sailing Regatta in Qingdao on Wednesday, winning her country's first ever Olympic sailing gold.
Yin Jian of China compets in the RS:X women's windsurfing class rounds the down windward mark during the second race of the sailing competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Qingdao, Shandong province, in this August 11, 2008 file photo. Yin was crowned champion of RS:X Women at the Olympic Sailing Regatta on Wednesday, winning China's first ever Olympic sailing gold.[Agencies]
Yin used her knowledge of local water to the best effect. Despite a fourth and three fifth finishes by the first four marks, Yin Jian collected her composure and stormed back to the third by the finishing line, gaining 39 points overall to claim the title.
China has already won two Olympic silver medals in windsurfing, with Zhang Xiaodong in Barcelona in 1992 and Yin Jian in Athens in 2004, plus the Laser Radial bronze won by Xu Lijia on Tuesday.
Alessandra Sensini from Italy took the silver medal with 40 points overall and Bryony Shaw from Britain claimed the bronze medal totalling 45 points.
