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Kim: 10 bronzes aren't as good as 1 gold
  Good Luck Beijing  2008-04-13 21:33:00
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(Beijing, April 13) "Today I only got a bronze medal and I'm not happy because the feeling of winning a gold medal is totally different from getting a bronze one. To me, 10 bronze medals are not as good as one gold," said Kim Jongsu of the DPR Korea after the men's 10m air pistol final this afternoon.

In today's men's 10m air pistol final, Franck Dumoulin of France scored 683.7 points to win the gold medal. The silver and bronze went to Russian Vladimir Gontcharov and DPRK's Kim Jongsu with 682.2 and 682.0 respectively.

During the final Kim Jongsu had one bad shot. Commenting on that after the shooting, he said: "At that time I felt a bit nervous and my hand began to shake. I should have laid down my pistol, but I simply wanted to finish it quickly, so I shot. And I just got 8.5. What a pity!"