Jaspal Rana equals world record to win gold

DOHA: Jaspal Rana shot a world record 590 points in the men's 25 metres centre fire pistol shooting to bag his second gold at the 15th Asian Games on Friday, and helped India win the team gold in same event.

Rana, who had won the 25m standard pistol gold on Thursday, shot 294 points in precision and 296 in rapid sections for a combined total of 590 that equaled the 16-year-old world record of Russian Sergei Pyzhianov.

Rana also equaled the Asian record of Chinese Yongde Jin, who had established the mark in October 2005.

Chinese Guohoi Liu won the silver with 587 (289+298) and Jakkrit Panichpatikum of Thailand the bronze with 586 (293+293).

The other Indians in the fray, Vijay Kumar and Samresh Jung, finished ninth and 12th respectively.

Rana's superb performance, along with that of Vijay Kumar (286+294=580) and Samresh Jung (287+291=578), helped India win the team gold with a combined total of 1,748 points in same event.

South Korea won the silver with 1,738 (Byung Taek Park 584, Seong Hwan Hong 580, Dae Kyu Jang 574) while China clinched the bronze with 1,735 (Guohui Liu 587, Penghui Zhang 576, Zhongsheng Liu 572).