Chinese markswomen grabbed the gold of 10-meter air rifle team
event with a record-smashing 1,196 points in Kuwait on Thursday,
two points ahead of the previous world record set by Chinese team
as well in the 2002 Busan Asian Games.
The team was composed of Olympic gold medalist, world record
holder of women's 10-meter air rifle Du Li, champion of the World
Cup Bangkok and Guangzhou forts Zhao Yinghui and gold medalist of
the 50-meter rifle three positions at the 2005 World Cup Finals Wu
Liuxi.
Du and Zhao both scored 399 points in the qualification round
and Wu collected 398.
The South Korean team finished as a distant second with 1,188
points and India obtained the bronze with 1,178 points.
(Xinhua News Agency December 6, 2007)