Chinese three women shooters on Wednesday won the gold medal for
skeet women's team with a new world record of 214 hits at the World
Shooting Championships 2007 in Nicosia, Cyprus.
The previous record of 211 hits was set up by the United States
at the Zagreb World Cup in August, 2006.
This time, the United States ranked second with 210 hits and
Italy third with 204 hits.
Christine Brinker from Germany secured the individual gold medal
with 98 hits out of 100 targets.
China's Wei Ning finished second with 97 hits, followed by
Italy's Chiara Cainero with 96 hits.
Chinese veteran Zhang Shan, who ranked ninth, told Xinhua that
five of the six finalist shooters had obtained the title of world
champion before, which means all of them have the strength and
chance to win the gold medal.
(Xinhua News Agency September 6, 2007)