Yuan Xiaochao, 22, is considered the favorite to win the first gold medal for China in the men's changquan starting at 8:30 am.

若不出意外，这块金牌将由中国代表团获得。 今年22岁的袁晓超有望在男子长拳项目上夺冠，该比赛将在早上8点30分开始。

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Liu was the first Chinese man to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics. Only 21 years old at the time of his victory, Liu vowed to defend his title when the Olympics come to Beijing in 2008.

刘翔是第一位在奥运会田径项目上获得金牌的中国男运动员，在获得这枚奥运会金牌时，刘翔仅21岁，现在他正为了在2008年北京奥运会上蝉联这枚金牌而努力。

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In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Wanjiru became the first Kenyan to win a gold medal in the marathon, finishing with an Olympic-record time of 2hr, 6min 32sec.

万吉鲁2008年在北京奥运夺得男子马拉松金牌，成为赢得奥运马拉松赛金牌的第一个肯尼亚人，成绩是2小时6分32秒，刷新奥运纪录。

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And it just seems like it gives so much back." Moir and Virtue are the first North Americans ever to win the ice dancing gold medal.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

Bill Demong became the first-ever American to win a gold medal in Nordic Combined and the Steve Holcomb drove his four-man bobsled team to the first U.S.Olympic gold medal in the event in 62 years.

VOA: standard.2010.03.01

In the men's 100-meter hurdles, Ryan Brathwaite of Barbados nosed out Terrence Trammell of the United States by one-100th of a second to win his nation's first-ever World Championship gold medal in a national record time of 13.14 seconds.

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The 27-year-old became the first Irishman to win a gold medal at the championships for 117 years.

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The US failed to win the gold medal in Athens - the first time an NBA-based team had done so at the Olympics.

BBC: Bryant and James named in US team

The first one is special in some respects because you have a dream to try and achieve something and if you have your dream of trying to win Olympic gold medal the first one is that becoming reality.

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