Two Olympic debutants grasped the first two gold medals for the Chinese shooting team, shrugging off the disappointment and upset after the shooters missed the first gold medal of the Beijing Olympic Games.

Pang Wei (L) and Wang Wei (R) wave to the audience after both winning a gold medal in shooting event of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. [Xinhua]

Pang Wei, 22, won the gold medal in the men's 10-meter air pistol competition on Aug. 9 and Guo Wenjun, 24, added another gold in the women's 10-meter air pistol contest a day later.

Both young, talented and true gun lovers, the two took different paths to reach the same destination.