S. Korean Men’s Shooting Team Grabs Asian Games Gold in 25-Meter Rapid-Fire Pistol Event
[Sports] : South Korea has grabbed a gold medal in the men’s team 25-meter rapid-fire pistol event for the first time in 12 years at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. The team of Yoon Seo-yeong, Song Jong-ho and Lee Gun-hyeok beat China with a combined score of one-thousand-749 points in the finals held at the Aichi ... [more...]
South Korea's Lee Gun-hyeok won the gold medal in the men's individual rapid fire pistol shooting at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. According to Yonhap News, Lee ranked second with 588 points in the qualification round. China's Su Lianbofan finished first with an Asian Games record of 592 points. Lee edged out Su in a shoot-off in the event's final at Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery in Toyota.
Lee's gold medal is his second in shooting at the Games. The Korea Times reports that he is the first double gold medalist in shooting. South Korea also won the gold medal in the men's team 25-meter rapid fire pistol event, with Yoon Seo-yeong, Song Jong-ho, and Lee Gun-hyeok finishing first with 1,749 points.
China took silver with 1,740 points, while Indonesia won bronze with 1,720 points. This was South Korea's first gold medal in the event since the 2014 Asian Games.
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