Records fall as China shooters win eight of 10 golds
Zhao Shengbo, Lan Xing and Liu Gang shot a combined score of 1,876 in the men's 50m rifle prone, while women's double trap team also beat rivals to winners' podium
China swept eight of the 10 gold medals on offer in shooting yesterday, breaking one world record even as revised rules handed them and South Korea new world marks.
Zhao Shengbo, Lan Xing and Liu Gang shot a combined score of 1,876 in the men's 50m rifle prone, surpassing the previous record of 1,873.6 by the French team of Cyril Graff, Michael Halluin and Valerian Sauveplane at the European championships in Croatia last year.
The win helped China avenge their loss to South Korea in the same event at the previous Asiad in Guangzhou four years ago. The Koreans won the silver with 1,869 points and Kazakhstan retained the bronze with 1,859.
With such good shooters around, one can only hope for the best
Zhao then triumphed in the individual eight-man final that featured the entire Chinese and Korean team, but it was Muhammad Nasir Khan, of Malaysia, who stole the show with a silver.
Khan ended just 0.5 points behind Zhao's score of 198.6 in a keenly fought last round. Park Bong-duk, of South Korea, claimed the bronze.
Khan said he was delighted with his first medal in an international event.