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Taiwan shoots into first place for gold in Asiad blow to China
PALEMBANG, Indonesia, Aug 19, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Taiwanese teenager Lin
Yingshin and teammate Lu Shaochuan scored a narrow victory over bitter rivals
China at the shooting range of the Asian Games on Sunday.
The finals venue for the 10m air rifle mixed team event in Palembang, which
is co-hosting the Games with Jakarta, was standing room only as 19-year-old
Lin and 21-year-old Lu brought the victory home.
The pair, ranked second and ninth in the world respectively, managed to
keep their calm to beat their Chinese counterparts, world number three 20-
year-old Ruozhu Zhao and 22-year-old Haoran Yang.
India came away with bronze as the last to be eliminated in a tense battle
requiring high levels of concentration to block out the blaring pop music and
cheers and cries from the onlookers.
China is the dominant force at the Asian Games after topping the medal
table in every edition of the Regional Olympics since 1982.
BSS/AFP/FI/ 1337 hrs