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China win 10m air rifle mixed team gold, bronze at world championships
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Huang Yuting seen during the 2022 ISSF World Championships Rifle/Pistol in Cairo, Egypt, October 14, 2022. /Xinhua
Huang Yuting seen during the 2022 ISSF World Championships Rifle/Pistol in Cairo, Egypt, October 14, 2022. /Xinhua

Huang Yuting seen during the 2022 ISSF World Championships Rifle/Pistol in Cairo, Egypt, October 14, 2022. /Xinhua

China's Olympic champion Yang Haoran and partner Huang Yuting won the 10m air rifle mixed team gold at the World Championships in Cairo, Egypt on Monday, while compatriots Sheng Lihao and Zhang Yu shared the bronze with Park Ha-jun and Cho Eun-young of South Korea.

The other South Korean pair Kim Sang-do and Gwon Da-yeong, who lost to Yang and Huang 16-6, took silver.

The 2022 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Championships Rifle/Pistol have 32 direct Olympic quota spots on offer in eight disciplines, as a part of the qualifying pathway to Paris 2024.

Team China have already gained four berths from individual disciplines, including the men's and women's 10m air pistol, as well as the men's and women's 10m air rifle.

Yang and Huang had a solid opening, leading by 6-2 in the gold medal match. Kim and Gwon pulled two points back after a time-out, only to see their Chinese counterparts taking eight points in a row to surge ahead 14-4 before wrapping up the victory 16-6.

This is the third medal for 16-year-old Huang at the world championships, having claimed a gold in the women's 10m air rifle team event and a silver in individual.

(With input from Xinhua)

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