London 2012: China and Italy have good first day of Olympics

China won the aboriginal gold badge of the London 2012 Olympics and concluded the day on top of the badge table.

Yi Siling's achievement in the women's 10m air burglarize was the aboriginal of six medals for China, including four golds.

Mingjuan Wang took weightlifting gold, Sun Yang won China's aboriginal macho gold in pond and Ye Shiwen, 16, set a apple almanac in the 400m alone medley.

Italy won bristles medals including a affecting gold badge win in archery and a apple-pie ambit in women's fencing.

The United States accept additionally won bristles medals afterwards acrimonious up a badge of anniversary colour in the pool.

South Korea, Brazil, Russia, Kazakhstan and Australia were the added nations to affirmation golds on the aperture day.