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Vietnam add a gold in last day at Asian shooting cup

After 11 days of competitions at the Asian Rifle/Pistol Cup 2025, in total Vietnam secured three golds, three silvers and five bronzes to rank fourth in the medal tally.

Vietnamese 25m standard pistol team who won gold in the Asian Rifle / Pistol Cup 2025 on February 21 in Bangkok, Thailand (Photo: VSF)
Vietnamese 25m standard pistol team who won gold in the Asian Rifle / Pistol Cup 2025 on February 21 in Bangkok, Thailand (Photo: VSF)

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnam won gold in the last day of the Asian Rifle/Pistol Cup 2025 on February 21 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Trio Ha Minh Thanh, Tran Cong Hieu and Phan Cong Minh topped the podium in the men's team 25m standard pistol event.

Shooting 545, 563 and 567 points, respectively, the team had a total of 1,675 points to lead the ranking table and earning Vietnam the third gold at this tournament.

Indonesia placed second with 1,673 points, followed by the Republic of Korea (RoK) with 1,670 points.

In the individual category, Minh ranked second and took silver.

This is a remarkable result of Vietnamese shooters. Each of them competed with their best, resulting to our gold. Congratulations to them, said coach Le Doan Cuong.

Earlier, Thanh, Minh and Pham Quang Huy together finished second in the men's team 25m centre fire pistol event.

They were second to the RoK while Thailand were placed third.

Thanh took bronze in the men's singles event, standing behind Cho Yeongjae and Yoon Seoyeong of the RoK.

After 11 days of competitions, in total Vietnam secured three golds, three silvers and five bronzes to rank fourth in the medal tally.

Kazakhstan took first place with 12 golds. The RoK bagged seven golds for the second position. Singapore finished third with three golds, four silvers and two bronzes./.

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