RIO DE JANEIRO - Zhang Mengxue got China off the gold medal mark and gave her mum the perfect birthday present at the Rio Games on Sunday, the Olympic debutant winning the women's 10m air pistol title. In bronze was Anna Korakaki, the first Greek woman to win a shooting medal of any hue in Olympic competition. The woman from Jinan produced a perfect 10.9 on her 17th shot to comfortably hold off Russian teenager Vitalina Batsarashkina. "It makes me really proud to win this medal after all these years," said the 20-year-old who is coached by her father. Mexico's Alejandra Zavala Vazquez took fourth, leaving Zhang, Korakaki and Batsarashkina to fight out the medals.

Source: Bangkok Post August 07, 2016 16:41 UTC