Sailors compete during RS:X Women Medal Race of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Sailing event in Qingdao, Olympic co-host city in east China's Shandong Province, Aug. 20, 2008. Yin Jian of China (2nd L) won the gold medal.(Xinhua/Song Zhenping)

Sailors compete during RS:X Women Medal Race of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Sailing event in Qingdao, Olympic co-host city in east China's Shandong Province, Aug. 20, 2008. Yin Jian of China (1st R) won the gold medal.(Xinhua/Song Zhenping)

Chinese Yin Jian reacts after winning China's first ever Olympic sailing gold. Yin was crowned champion of RS:X Women at the Olympic Sailing Regatta here on Wednesday(Xinhua/Song Zhenping)

BEIJING, Aug 20 -- China's Yin Jian won gold today in the women's RS:X at the Olympic Sailing Regatta. It's China's first ever Olympic sailing gold. Italy's Alessandra Sensini won silver and the Great Britain's Bryony Shaw claimed bronze.