December 11, 2017 | 12:32 (GMT+7)
Vietnam earns bronze at Asian air pistol champs
Vietnamese trio - Tran Quoc Cuong, Hoang Xuan Vinh and Nguyen Dinh Thanh - won a bronze medal at the 10th Asian Air Gun Championship in Japan on December 9.
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Shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh. Photo: vtc.vn
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The team came third in the men’s 10m
air pistol event, shooting 1,728 points.
India came first, with 1,735 points and China
took the silver, winning 1,729 points.
Cuong, who scored 582 points in the
individual category, grabbed a berth in the final round. His Olympic winning
teammate, Vinh, failed to make it to the top eight athletes, with only 575
points. His poor performance was attributed to a gun that was just fixed and
one that Vinh was not familiar with.
In the earlier classes, Nguyen Duy
Hoang of Vietnam earned 612.5 points and ranked No. 21 in the men’s 10m air
rifle. In the women’s 10m air pistol, Le Thi Linh Chi advanced to the final
with 133.8 points.
The championship in Wako city began
on December 6 and will close on December 11.
Source: VNA