But Zhang Xiaoling, a 51-year-old veteran who was seeking her sixth straight Paralympic singles title, failed to materialize her dream and had to settle for a bronze in her class.

The home crowd had more to cheer about at the National Stadium, better known as the Bird's Nest, when Guo Wei (men's discus throw), Mi Na (women's shot put) and Qing Suping (women's javelin throw) earned three gold medals for China.

Elsewhere, Chinese pair Zhou Yangjing and Shan Zilong paddled their way to victory in mixed double sculls, and the swimming quartet of Du Jianping, Tang Yuan, He Junquan and Yang Yuanrun took the men's 4x50m freestyle title.

Italy's Alessandro Franzetti, Graziana Saccocci, Daniele Signore, Luca Agoletto, and Paola Protopapa(L-R) compete in the mixed coxed four LTA final of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games rowing event on Sept. 11, 2008. The Italian team claimed the title of the event with 3 mins 33.13 secs

These sporting achievements, however, were overshadowed by a string of doping scandals. Facourou Sissoko of Mali and Liudmyla Osmanova of Ukraine, both powerlifting competitors, have been expelled from the Paralympics after testing positive for steroids, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said.

German wheelchair basketball player Ahmet Coskun had also been kicked out of the Games as traces of finasteride were found in his urine sample taken on August 23.

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