Off the wire
• Liang defends C2 3000m individual pursuit title at Rio Paralympics  • Xinhua World News Summary at 0030 GMT, Sept. 10  • Leading goal scorers of French Ligue 1  • Xu sets world record, wins third straight 50m butterfly S6 gold  • Zhang wins third straight Paralympic discus gold in Rio  • China's Pan breaks world record to win 50m freestyle S7 gold  • Zou sets world record to clinch gold in 100m backstroke S2  • Ligue 1 result  • Ligue 1 standings  • Philippines to pursue independent foreign policy: president  
You are here: 　 Home

Yang praises support after 10m air pistol SH1 gold

Xinhua, September 10, 2016 Adjust font size:

Yang Chao paid tribute to the National Paralympic Committee of China after winning gold in the men's 10m air pistol SH1 at the Rio Paralympics on Friday.

Yang led the final from start to finish, ending with 198.2 points, to beat South Korean rival Lee Ju Hee by just 2.6 points. Uzbekistan's Server Ibragimov claimed bronze with 172.1 points.

"This is my first Paralympic Games and my first medal," Yang said. "I'm very excited and I put a lot of effort into this. My family and the Paralympic association put in so much to me, so it is nice to reward them too."

The 37-year-old opened up a 2.5-point lead after two round and showed nerves of steel to stave off Lee's challenge in the final rounds.

He attributed his coolness and pressure to a combination of natural talent and training.

"There's no strategy, I just did daily training very well and it's just basic skill coming through," he said.

Yang's victory was China's second shooting gold medal of the Rio Paralympics after Dong Chao won the men's 10m air rifle standing SH1 title on Thursday. Endit