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Chinese duo finish one-two in men's 50m rifle 3 positions
8/12/2006 10:19

China's Zhang Fu and Zhang Lei finished one-two in the men's 50m rifle three positions at the Lusail Shooting Complex here on Thursday.

Going into the final round with an advantage of five points, Zhang achieved a comfortable win with a total of 1,268.0 points.

Zhang Lei, who collected an equal qualification score of 1,165 points with Turkmenistan's veteran Igor Pirekeev, shot the highest final round score of 101.8 points and grabbed the silver medal.

Gagan Narang from India climbed from the fifth place of the qualification to take the bronze medal with a total of 1,261.9 points.

The team title went to China for the third consecutive time with a total of 3,494 points, a new Asian record.



Xinhua News