Divers, shooter and weightlifter got China off the gold medal mark with three golds in the second matchday at the Rio Olympics while Kosovo made history by claiming first ever Olympic gold medal on Sunday.
After gold medal drought on the opening day, Chinese shooter Zhang Mengxue opened the gold medal account first. The Olympic debutant winning the women's 10m air pistol title.
Zhang finished the eight-member final with 199.4 points. Vitalina Batsarashkina of Russia took home the silver with 197.1 points. The bronze medal went to Anna Korakaki of Greece, who scored 177.7.
"I am so excited," said the 25-year-old. "I am still feeling that competition, I am still in that mood, and winning gold at the Olympics has been my goal since I was young. Now I have the medal."
On women's trap, the 26-year-old Australian Catherine Skinner beat New Zealander Natalie Rooney 12-11 to win the title.
Apart from the shooting gold, China also had two more golds from diving and weightlifting, the traditionally strong sports.
Chinese lifter Long Qingquan claimed his second Olympic gold medal when he won the men's 56kg weightlifting title with a world record total of 307kg.
The 25-year-old Long, the 2008 Olympic gold medalist, withstood the challenge from defending champion Om Yun Chaol of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Long is the first weightlifter with eight years between his first and second Olympic gold medal, in any men's and women's weightlifting event.
"I am really happy. I am really proud. I came to this competition with two dreams: to win the competition and break the world record and I did both," Long said.
"I have prepared for the competition for four years because I did not get to compete in the (London) 2012 Olympic Games. After four years I did it," added Long.
Star divers Wu Minxia and Shi Tingmao lived up to its billing as favorite with an overall score of 345.60 points from five dives, winning the women's synchronised 3m springboard.
