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China Running Away With Gold Medal Lead, Team USA Is Tops With 7 Silver, 8 Bronze

Aug 12, 2008 – 3:31 PM
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Above: Zhong Man of China smiles as his coach, Christian Bauer, bites his gold medal for the men's fencing individual sabre at theNational Convention Center.

China is well on its way to accomplishing its long-held goal of winning the most gold medals of any nation at the Summer Olympics, with 13 golds for the host nation through Day 4.

Team USA is second in the gold medal count, with seven. The Americans also have seven silver medals and eight bronze medals for a total of 22, or two more than second-place China.

China was widely expected to win the most golds of any country, but the host nation is probably a little ahead of where most observers thought they'd be through four days. The most impressive haul has come from China's weightlifting team, which has won five of the seven weightlifting gold medals that have been awarded so far. China has also won three golds in diving two in shooting and one apiece in fencing, gymnastics and judo.

Team USA has five golds in swimming, one in fencing and one in shooting.
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