China swept eight of the 10 gold medals fought for in the Asian Games shooting on Thursday, breaking one world record even as revised rules handed them and South Korea new world marks. Zhao Shengbo, Lan Xing and Liu Gang shot a combined score of 1,876 in the men's 50m rifle prone, surpassing the previous record of 1,873.6 by the French team of Cyril Graff, Michael Halluin and Valerian Sauveplane at the European championships in Croatia last year.
The win helped China avenge their loss to South Korea in the same event at the previous Asiad in Guangzhou four years ago. The Koreans won the silver with 1,869 points and Kazakhstan retained the bronze with 1,859. Zhao then triumphed in the individual eight-man final that featured the entire Chinese and Korean team, but it was Muhammad Nasir Khan of Malaysia who stole the show with a silver. The Asian Games, where 19 trap shooters from six countries took part, was the first competition to be covered by the rules that were introduced last year.