Vietnam pockets bronze at Asian air gun champs

Monday, 11/12/2017 15:22
(CPV) - Marksmen Tran Quoc Cuong, Hoang Xuan Vinh and Nguyen Dinh Thanh on December 10th won a bronze medal in the men’s team 10m air pistol event at the 10th Asian air gun Championship in Wako-Saitama (Japan) with 1,728 points.

The gold medal went to India with 1,735 points while China took the silver, winning 1,729 points.

Scoring 582 points in the individual category, athlete Quoc Cuong advanced to finals of the individual event. His Olympic winning teammate, Hoang Xuan Vinh, failed to make it to the top eight athletes, with only 575 points.


According to head coach Nguyen Thi Nhung, his poor performance was attributed to the fact that the gun he used was recently repaired and he was not familiar with it.

In the earlier classes, Nguyen Duy Hoang earned 612.5 points and ranked No.21 in the men’s 10m air rifle. While in the women’s 10m air pistol, Le Thi Linh Chi advanced to the final with 133.8 points, ranking in 7th position.

The 10th Asian Air-gun Championship (December 6th-12th) is the qualification event for the 3rd Youth Olympic Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2018)./.

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