China's charge at Asian Games shooting golds slowed down on Saturday, as among six golds awarded, China took only one.

Host South Korea clinched three titles, with the remaining two split by Kazakhstan and Chinese Taipei.

South Korea's male trio claimed the team gold of the 50m rifle prone with 1,782 points, the second for the host in shooting, while China edged Kazakhstan to grab the silver. Both scoring 1,780, China won over with higher last round points. All three teams broke the old Asian record of 1,779.

The South Korean team of Jung Yoon-kyun, Kim Byoung-jun and Park Jung-hwan totaled 418 hits in the men's double trap to beat China's 413. Chinese Taipei clinched the bronze with 409.

But South Korea failed to keep their winning momentum in the women's double trap team event, losing to China and getting the silver with 319 hits. China scored 325 hits and Japan claimed the bronze with 312, the only medal they have won in shooting.

In the individual finals in the afternoon, South Korea won their third gold in the day. In women's double trap, Lee Sang-hee maintained her slim lead throughout the final and won the title with 145 hits. Chinese shooters Wang Jinglin and Zhang Yafei got the silver and bronze medal, hitting 144 and 141 respectively.

Today was also a happy day for Kazakhstan when their 50m rifle prone shooter Sergey Belyaev clinched the first individual gold for his country with 700.3 points after the final and defeated Igor Pirekeev of Turkmenistan into second place in the following shoot-off. Yao Ye of China claimed the bronze with 697.8 points.

Chinese Taipei saw a 1-2 finish in the men's double trap individual final. All three shooters, Chen Shih-wei, Shih Wei-tin from Chinese Taipei and South Korean Jung Yoon-kyun hit 187 targets and Chen won the title in the shoot-off.

Shih finished second and Jung, ranked first after the qualification, got the bronze.

( October 6, 2002)