Young Chinese shooter Pang Wei stormed home to win the gold medal in the Men's 10m Air Pistol in Beijing on August 9. Pang shot a final score of 688.2.
Pang, who is only 22 years old, was unthreatened in the final round and ended up winning by the wide margin of 3.7 points. The Republic of Korea's Jin Jong-oh won the silver medal with a final score of 684.5.
The battle for the bronze medal was a tightly contested affair between Kim Jong-su of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the United States' Jason Turner. Kim nailed the bronze medal with a strong finish, shooting 10.3 and 10.0 for his last two shots, which gave him a final score of 683.0.
Turner's last two shots were poor and he finished in equal fourth place with his compatriot Brian Beaman at the end of the final round. Both men shot a final score of 682.0. Turner was officially awarded fourth place after wining a shoot-off between the two Americans, shooting 10.5 to Beaman's 10.3.
Pang shot a score of 586 in the qualification round, which was two points higher than the next best score, shot by both Jin and Kim.
Pang's coach Wang Yifu, was the gold medalist in the event at Athens 2004.
One of the favorites for the event, France's Franck Dumoulin failed to qualify for the final round. Dumoulin won the gold medal for the event at Sydney 2000.
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