Published: 17:57, August 2, 2021 | Updated: 17:57, August 2, 2021
China's Zhang breaks world record to win men's 50m rifle 3 positions
By Xinhua

Gold medalist China's Zhang Changhong celebrates on the podium of the men's 50m rifle 3 positions final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Asaka Shooting Range in the Nerima district of Tokyo on Aug 2, 2021. (PHOTO / AFP)

TOKYO - Zhang Changhong broke the world record to win the last shooting gold of the Tokyo Olympics and the fourth for China in men's 50m rifle 3 positions on Monday.

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With 466 points, the 21-year-old Olympic debutant set new world and Olympic record to beat Russian shooter Sergey Kamenskiy, who bagged the silver with 464.2 points.

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The result is 0.7 points better than the 465.3-point world record set by his fellow countryman Yang Haoran in 2018.

Milenko Sebic of Serbia took the bronze.