Silver medallist Yeongjae Cho of South Korea, Gold medallist Yuehong Li of China, Bronze medallist Xinjie Wang of China during victory ceremony.
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France: China's Li Yuehong won gold in the men's 25 metres rapid fire pistol event at the Paris Olympics on Monday with South Korea's Cho Yeong-jae taking silver and China's Wang Xinjie the bronze.
It was a China one-two in the qualification round and the trend continued as Li and Wang started off with a perfect five-from-five in the final.
Cho managed to sandwich himself between the Chinese pair but Li ran away with the gold, scoring 32 points for a comfortable win against the South Korean, who scored 25.
A perfect sixth series earned Li a two-point lead and the 34-year-old capitalised on it to win his first Olympic gold after winning bronze in the last two Games.
Compatriot Wang beat Germany's Florian Peter in a shoot-off to make the medal round.