Olympian Hoang Xuan Vinh wins regional shooting champs
Olympic champion Hoang Xuan Vinh met no difficulty winning gold in the men’s 10m air pistol individual event at the 41st Southeast Asia Shooting Championship in Malaysia on May 9.
Hanoi (VNA) - Olympic champion Hoang XuanVinh met no difficulty winning gold in the men’s 10m air pistol individualevent at the 41st Southeast Asia Shooting Championship in Malaysia on May 9.
Army Colonel Vinh shot 238.9 points, setting a newtournament record at the Subang National Shooting Range.
Jonathan Wong Guanjie of the hosts came secondwith 233.2 points. Lim Swee Hon of Singapore was at third with 195.1.
Vinh took his second medal, a bronze, in the teamevent together with teammates Tran Quoc Cuong and Pham Ngoc Huy.
The gold went to Malaysia, and Singapore took thesilver.
Vietnam team pocketed a second gold in the men’steam 50m rifle three positions pool.
Trio Nguyen Van Quan, Phung Le Huyen and NguyenDuy Hoang triumphed with a score of 3428 points.
Malaysia were second with 3419.
Quan earlier grabbed his silver in the individualevent with 445.3 points.
Filipino Jayson Valdez won with 448.1 points. Hostshooter Othman Mohamad Lutfi came at third, on 421.
Vietnam have won a total of six golds, 10 silversand five bronzes in shooting events after five days.
Athletes will have one day rest on May 10 beforetrap competitions are held May 11.
Olympic medallist Hoang Xuan Vinh did not qualify in the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup’s men’s 50m pistol event held in India recently.
Phan Cong Minh of Vietnam won a gold medal in the men’s 25m standard pistol individual event at the Southeast Asian Shooting Championships at Subang Shooting Range, Malaysia, on May 8.
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Olympic champion Hoang Xuan Vinh (Photo: VNA) 
