China takes third biathlon silver at Asiad
Xinhua, February 26, 2017 Adjust font size:
Wang Wenqiang took China's third biathlon silver after finishing second in the men's 15km mass start at the Asian Winter Games here on Sunday.
Wang missed only one targets before grabbing the silver in a time of 44 minutes and 54.1 seconds, while Savitskiy Yan of Kazakhstan snatched the gold in 44:12.2.
"I felt I performed better and better during the past several days. I got 19 out of the 20 targets, which is a pretty good result," said Wang, who settled for the eighth place in the men's 12.5km pursuit on Friday.
"Winning the silver gave me much confidence in competing with other athletes. Off course, I hope I can get the chance to compete in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games," he added.
The brozne medal went to Ozaki Kosuke of Japan who clocked 45:11.5.
Zhang Yan collected two silvers for Chinesse delegation earlier, after taking the second place in the women's 10km pursuit and 7.5km sprint. Endit