Yang Kunbi won the silver medal in Asian Games men's non-directional flying target

Yang Kunbi. (File photo, taken by reporter Tu Jianrong)

[Special Correspondent Nian Miaoyun/Nagoya Report] Taiwanese shooting star Yang Kunbi fought fiercely to the last moment with 48-year-old Kuwaiti veteran Khaled Al-Mudhaf in the men's directional target final of the Asian Games in Nagoya today. He finally hit 25 of 30 shots and received the silver medal.

Yang Kunbi has performed well in international competitions in the past. In addition to being a veteran of three Olympic Games, he won the gold medal in the men's non-directional target at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games and the silver medal in the mixed non-directional target. However, at the last Hangzhou Asian Games, he ranked 10th in the men's non-directional target and was unable to defend his title.

Yang Kunbi performed well in this qualifying round. In the five rounds of the three-day qualifying round, he scored 123 points, which was the best record in the history of the Asian Games, and advanced to the finals. Yang Kunbi hit 4 clay discs in the first 5 shots in the final today, and only missed 1 clay disc in the next 5 shots. He also missed the 7th shot and was temporarily in the lead after the first 10 shots. He also fought fiercely with Almuzav and China Qiying all the way to the end. Unfortunately, Yang Kunbi missed the last shot. In the end, he hit 25 clay discs out of 30 targets in the final, second only to Almuzav's 26 clay discs, and received the silver medal.

In the women's directional shooting, Lin Yijun finished 6th and Liu Wanyu finished 7th, missing the chance to stand on the podium.