The all-dominating Chinese sharpshooters continued their gold medal
haul in the Asian Games, winning four out of six on offers
Thursday.
In
the men's 10-meter running target team event, the Chinese trio of
Yang Ling, Zeng Guobin and Niu Zhiyuan combined for a total of
1,720 points, four points higher than the previous Asian Games
record, to claim the first gold medal for China today.
South Korea finished second at 1,739 with Kazakhstan at 1,739
points.
In
the women's rifle prone team event, the Chinese team of ShanHong,
Gao Jing and Wang Xian shot for 1,778 points in the women's rifle
prone team event, the same with their South Korea rivals. But the
South Koreans claimed the gold with a better round results while
the Chinese trio had to settle for a silver medal.
Lee Mi-kyung of South Korea also won a silver medal for her country
in the individual event of rifle prone with 596 points. The gold
medal went to Glga Dovgun of Kazakhstan who shot 597 points and
equaled the world record.
The women's 25-meter sports pistol again witnessed superb
performance from Chinese shooters as Tao Luna, Cheng Jing and Li
Duihong shot down the previous world record with 1,768 points.
The former record, 1,764 points, was set by former Soviet Union
team at European Championships in 1989.
"I
didn't expect to break the world record," said Xu Haifeng, head
coach of Chinese shooting team, "I am just not ready for that."
China's supremacy remained unchallenged in the individual events in
the afternoon as both golds of women's pistol and men's 10 meters
running target events were taken by the Chinese.
Chen Ying scored 693.6 points to grab her second gold medal in the
day while triple gold medalist Tao Luna, who won two golds on
women's air pistol on Thursday, placed second with 690.9 points.
Gundegmaa Otryad from Mongolia claimed third, 686.7 points.
In
the men's 10 meters running target individual final, Niu Zhiyuan
won the gold with 676.4, barely edging South Korean Her Dae-Kyung
who shot 673.7 points. Double Olympic medalist Yang Ling finished
third with 669.9.
(
October 5, 2002)