China's Lin wins men's 50m pistol title

(BEIJING, April 15) -- Lin Zhongzai of China scored 667.2 points on today to narrowly win the men's 50m pistol final of the "Good Luck Beijing" ISSF World Cup. The silver and bronze went to Rashid Yunusmetov of Kazakhstan (666.0 points) and Daryl Szarenski of the United STates (663.4), respectively.

Lin's teammates, Olympic veteran Tan Zongliang and Asian champion Xu Kun, failed to make the final, along with Russia's Olympic champion Mikhail Nestruev and ace shooter Boris Kokorev.

Rounding out the top eight were Japanese Matsuda Tomoyuki (662.9), DPR Korean Kim Jong Su (662.1), Ukrainian Oleg Omelchuk (661.7), Portuguese Joao Costa (660.4) and Russian Leonid Ekimov (651.5).

(Credit: The Official Website of "Good Luck Beijing" Sport Events)