South Korea's Jin wins gold in shooting

Published November 20, 2014

Jin Jongoh of South Korea won the men's 10-meter air pistol event Saturday at the London Olympics, giving him four medals at the Summer Games.

Jin qualified for the medal round with the top score and won the event with 100.2 points in the final 10 shots. He finished with a total score of 688.2 to beat first-time Olympian Luca Tesconi of Italy by 2.4 points.

"It's a fairytale, it's the best day of my life," said Tesconi.

This is the second gold medal for Jin, who won the 50m pistol event at the 2008 Beijing Games. He won silver in the 10m air pistol in Beijing and also took silver in the 50m pistol eight years ago in Athens.

"The Chinese guy (Pang Wei) won the gold last time. I promised myself that I would not let it happen this time," Jin quipped.

Andrija Zlatic of Serbia picked up the bronze, finishing just 0.6 points behind Tesconi. After winning the competition in Beijing, Pang finished fourth this time around to fall just short of medalling in this event for the second straight Olympics.

China's Tan Zongliang, a two-time world champion and Beijing silver medalist in the 50m pistol, failed to qualify for the final round. He finished in 12th place.

Daryl Szarenski turned in the best result for the United States, placing 23rd, while fellow American Jason Turner, who won bronze in this event in Beijing, ended in 34th place.

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