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China's Chen Ying wins women's 25m Pistol gold

Thursday, 14 August 2008


BEIJING, Aug 10 (AFP): Chen Ying of China won the Olympic women's 25m Pistol shooting gold medal with a new Games record here today.

Gundegmaa Otryad of Mongolia took the silver and Germany's Mongolian import Munkhbayar Dorjsuren claimed the bronze medal.

It was China's third gold in the nine shooting events contested so far. The Czech Republic have won two, while India, Finland, South Korea and the United States have claimed one each.