| China captured five gold medals to reclaim the top spot in the medals table on August 5.
At the end of Day 9, the battle for the No. 1 position was still close with China on 30 golds and the United States on 28.
China made headway Sunday with victories in badminton, weightlifing, gymnastics and diving.
Five out of five. Chinese badminton team achieved an unprecedented clean sweep of all Olympic golds when Lin Dan outclassed old-foe Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia to retain his men's singles title and Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng triumphed in the men's doubles final.
The only player to have won all nine major titles, Lin won 15-21, 21-10, 21-19 to repeat his victory over Lee in the Beijing Games final.
"There's only one Lin Dan in the world," said Lee.
Gymnast Zou Kai successfully defended his Olympic men's floor title to become the most decorated Chinese Olympian of all time. The 23-year-old now has five Olympic gold medals under his belt, surpassing table tennis legend Deng Yaping and diving queen Guo Jingjing, both of whom had four.
"This gold medal means a lot to me. I will have the stock to brag to my son in future," said Zou.
With the horizontal bar final scheduled for Monday, Zou has a chance to better his record.
The Chinese divers stayed well on track to sweep all eight gold medals as Wu Minxia and He Zi made a 1-2 finish in the women's 3m springboard diving. It was China's fifth gold out of five events.
Wu totalled 414 points from her five dives to beat teammate He Zi and Mexico's Laura Sanchez.
"I tried to give excellent execution of each move over the past three days, and I'm so glad I made a perfect ending tonight," said Wu.
Wu's victory allowed to her to draw level with Guo Jingjing as the most successful diver.
In weightlifting, China's Zhou Lulu lifted a world-record total of 333kg to take gold in the women's 75kg class.
(Xinhua News Agency August 5, 2012) | 
