Army dominate shooting cup

April 11, 2017 - 06:00

Four gold medals were divided to four teams at the National Shooting Cup yesterday in Hà Nội.

Athletes compete at the National shooting Cup have grabbed 30 gold medals after eight days of competitions. — Photo tuyengiao.vn
Viet Nam News

HÀ NỘI -- Four gold medals were split among four teams at the National Shooting Cup yesterday in Hà Nội.

Đậu Văn Đông of the Army won the men’s 25m individual sport pistol event with 585 points. He was followed by Kiều Thanh Tú and Bùi Quang Nam, both of the hosts.

Tú and two teammates triumphed in the team event, scoring 1,470 points. HCM City and Army finished second and third, respectively.

Nguyễn Văn Quân from Hải Dương claimed gold in the men’s 50m individual rifle 3x40 category with 1,250.7 points.

Nguyễn Thành Nam of Army and Đỗ Mạnh Định from Thanh Hoá took silver and bronze.

Định grabbed his second medal, a gold, in the team event. They scored 3,386 points.

After eight days of competitions, Army lead the tournament with 17 golds. Hà Nội are far behind with seven gold and Hải Dương are third with six.

The cup will continue until Wednesday. -- VNS

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