Tokyo Olympics: China's Yang Qian, Yang Haoran win mixed team air rifle gold
Jul 27, 2021
Tokyo [Japan], July 27 : China's pair of Yang Qian/Yang Haoran on Tuesday won a gold medal in the 10m mixed air rifle event here at the Asaka Shooting Range in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. Yang Qian/Yang Haoran defeated USA's duo of Tucker/Lucas Kozeniesky 17-13 in the summit clash.
This is now the second gold for Yang Qian, who won the first gold of Tokyo Olympics in the women's individual event.
In a match that went to the 15th series, the Chinese duo held off Mary Tucker/Lucas Kozeniesky (USA) for gold in the first mixed team 10m air rifle final.
The teams were locked at 9-9 after 10 series, but the Chinese pulled away outscoring the Americans in three straight series and four of the last five.
Earlier, ROC's Karimova/Sergey Kamenskiy won bronze by beating South Korea's Kwon Eunji/Nam Taeyun 17-9 in 13 series.
