Shooters Jang Kuk-hee and Lee Jong-jun Win Silver in Skeet Mixed Team Event [AG Video]

The duo of Jang Kuk-hee (KT) and Lee Jong-jun (Chungnam Sports Council) has secured South Korea's first-ever Asian Games medal in the skeet mixed team shooting event.

Competing in the final held at the Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Range on September 24, the Jang-Lee pair scored 51 points, finishing just 1 point behind China's Lyu Jianlin and Zhang Yiting (52 points) to take second place.

India claimed the bronze medal with 44 points, while Qatar, which advanced to the final as the top qualifier in the preliminary round, finished in fourth place with 18 points.

South Korea, having advanced to the final in second place after combining for 143 points in the preliminary round, started strong by scoring 8 points in the first series to tie with China for the lead.

They fell behind China (16 points) with 14 points after the second series, but added another 8 points in the third series to reclaim second place with 22 points.

Preliminary top-finisher Qatar stalled at 18 points and was eliminated first.

South Korea tied with China at 30 points in the fourth series, moving ahead to the lead based on their higher preliminary round ranking.

The fierce battle continued through the fifth series, remaining deadlocked with China at 38 points.

After the sixth series, China moved into the lead with 45 points, while South Korea and India tied at 44 points.

According to the regulation stating that the team with the higher preliminary ranking takes precedence in the event of a tie, preliminary second-place South Korea advanced to the gold medal match, while India finished the competition with the bronze.

In the final eight shots for the gold medal, Lee Jong-jun hit all 4 targets and Jang Kuk-hee hit 3, but they ultimately fell short of surpassing China.

China scored 52 points, shattering the previous world record of 47 points set by Qatar in Doha last January by 5 points to capture the gold medal.

This marks South Korea's first-ever medal in the skeet mixed team event at the Asian Games.

Jang Kuk-hee claimed her first-ever medal at her second Asian Games, while Lee Jong-jun added another Asian Games medal 12 years after winning a bronze in the men's team event at the 2014 Incheon Games.
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