Women's Shooting Competition 18th Asian Games Jakarta Palembang 2018

18th  Asian Games Jakarta

Palembang 2018

China Win 2nd Gold In Women’s 

10-meter air pistol

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Asian Games 2018

Antara/Palembang/ Jakarta

China increased its gold medal count on the sixth day of the shooting competition at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakabaring Sports City, Palembang, on Friday.

Qian Wang earned a gold medal for China in the women’s 10-meter air pistol by scoring 240.3 points. Minjung Kim of South Korea won silver for her 237.6 points and India’s Heena Sidhu won bronze with 219.2 points.

Qian Wang displayed a consistent performance throughout the Games. In the qualification stage, she scored better than 43 athletes with 570 points. Her stage 1 and stage 2 scores of 50.5 and 101.7 points topped the tables and by stage 9 she scored 240.3, an Asian Games record.

“I’m very happy for having performed very well,” said the 25-year-old shooter who ranks seventh in the world. With the victory, China has gathered seven medals in shooting – the most of any contingent.

This is Wang’s first gold in the 2018 Asian Games. Previously, she settled for second at the 2018 shooting world cup in Munich, Germany, by scoring 238.9 points.

Meanwhile, Indonesia’s two shooters lost in the qualification stage. Bary Agustini Said ranked 37th with 543 points and Talitha Judith Almira finished 40th with 522 points.