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Gan becomes running targets double gold medalist
7/12/2006 10:22

China's debutant Gan Lin became the double gold medalist of the men's 10m running target individual event by clinching the title of the mixed speed event at the 15th Asiad in Doha on Wednesday.

The 23-year-old world championships runner-up collected 389 points out of 40 shots in the running target mixed speed event after grabbing the title of the running target standard speed event on Tuesday.

Kazak Bakhtiyar Ibrayev took the silver medal with 380 points while his compatriot Andrey Gurov finished the third with 376 points.

As Gan was China's only entry in the event, Kazakhstan claimed the team title with a total of 1,130 points, followed by Qatar with 1,107 points and Vietnam with 1,090 points.



Xinhua News