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Chinese athletes rank first with 7 medals in World Cup competitions

12 August 2015 13:52 (UTC +04:00)

APA's local bureau reports that tournaments of men’s speed shooting at 50m distance were held on Aug.12.

6 athletes from the U.S., China, France, Korea and India competed at finals. Azerbaijani athlete Ruslan Lunev failed to reach finals. He took the 7th place. Chinese athlete Haozhe Hu took the first place (32 points) and won the 4th medal of his team. Chinese shooter Jiajie Lao took the second place (30 points) and French athlete Boris Artaud the third place (25 points). The awarding ceremony of athletes was held after the tournaments. Currently, Chinese athletes rank first with 7 medals (4 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medals) in World Cup competitions.

18 athletes won licenses to 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro so far.