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

18th  Asian Games Jakarta

Palembang 2018

China wins gold in Women's Trap Shooting

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Asian Games 2018

Antara/Palembang/ Jakarta

Xinqiu Zhang from China won the gold medal in the 2018 Asian Games trap shooting competition at Jakabaring Sports City in Palembang on Monday.

Xinqiu took home the gold after gaining a total of 45 points, ahead of five other shooters who passed through the two-day qualifying round. The silver medal went to Korea (KOR) after Kang Gee-eun gained a total of 44 points. Lebanese shooter Ray Bassil won bronze with 34 points.

The women's trap final was tight, with only a single point separating first and second place.

Kazakhstan shooter Mariya Dmitriyenko finished first in the two days of qualifiers preceding the final but fell at the final hurdle. The 30-year-old’s radar was off, scoring only 27 points to finish in fourth place.

Lebanese shooter Ray Bassil, who finished second in the qualifying round, also underperformed in the final, scoring 34 points to bring home the bronze medal.

Xinqiu showed steady improvement from day one of the competition. During the qualifying round on the first day, she was ranked seventh, rising to third on the second day of qualification.

Meanwhile, Kang Gee-eun was consistent across the two days of qualifying, remaining in the top six.

Indonesia’s shooter again failed to reach the final, with Sarmunah and Sylvia Silimang not making it passed the qualifying round.

After the second day of qualifying, Sylvia had scored 96 points and was ranked 23rd, while Sarmunah was ranked 24th with 90 points.

With Xinqiu's victory, China extended its lead at the top of the medal table with four golds and one silver.

Previously, China also won gold in the men's 10-meter air rifle, the women's 10-meter air rifle and the mixed team 10-meter pistol shooting.