Shooting Competition 18th Asian Games Jakarta Palembang 2018

18th  Asian Games Jakarta

Palembang 2018

Republic of Korea Wins Two golds In 

Shooting

In

Asian Games 2018

Antara/Palembang/ Jakarta

The Republic of Korea increased its medal collection on the sixth day of the shooting competition at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakabaring Sports City, Palembang, on Friday.

RO Korea's first gold came in the men's 300-meter standard rifle, with Choi Young-jeon scoring a total of 569 points to take first place in the final on Friday afternoon. In the same category, RO Korea’s Lee Won-gyu won the bronze medal with a total of 563 points. The silver medal was won by Husaain Ghuwayli of Saudi Arabia with 568 points.

RO Korea’s second gold came in the men's 10 m air rifle through Jeong You-jin.

In the semifinals of this category, RO Korea shooter Jeong You-jin defeated Huu Vuong Ngo of Vietnam, with a final score of 6-3.

Meanwhile, in the other semifinal, Pak Myong-won from DPR Korea overthrew Cho Se-jong, a shooter from RO Korea, with a score of 7-5. As a result, shooters from RO Korea and DPR Korea met in the final, namely Jeong You-jin and Pak Myong-won.

In this category, only shots that hit the target worth 9 and above are counted to get one point. Jeong managed to get high marks with six shots, while his opponent from DPR Korea could only get four. Jeong won gold with a score of 6-4.

The bronze medal was won by Vietnam shooter Huu Vuong Ngo, who defeated Cho Se-jong from South Korea with a score of 6-1.

Meanwhile, Indonesian shooters did not win a medal.