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Photo for illustration. Source: VNA

During the 10-day tournament, 179 participating marksmen and markswomen from Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Ministry of National Defense, and Ministry of Public Security… competed in 24 shooting events. Military contestants dominated the tournament as they snatched 19 gold, nine silver, and 13 bronze medals, and landed on the top place. Hanoi came second with seven gold, seven silver, and one bronze medals and was followed by the Ho Chi Minh City squad with five gold, six silver, and five bronze medals.

Especially, marksmen at the tournament made seven new records and broke one national record. Military markswoman Le Thi Linh Chi set a national record of 575 points in the air pistol event. In the team shooting air pistol event for markswomen, Nguyen Thuy Dung, Le Thi Hoang Ngoc and Le Thi Linh Chi of the military contingent set the national record at 1,694 points.

Translated by Huu Duong