Chinese national shooter Yang Kunbi, he got good news in the men’s final of the non-directional shooting target event in the Kuwait Asian Cup. Yang Kunbi won the gold with 31 points.
The 24-year-old Yang Kunbi won the gold medal in the 2018 Asian Games in skeet shooting. Last year, he participated in the World Shooting Championships and won the bronze medal. He won Taiwan’s first ticket to the Paris Olympics.
Yang Kunbi started from the Asian Cup in Kuwait for the first leg of this season. A total of 33 people participated in the skeet target qualifying competition. There were 5 rounds of shooting, and each round consisted of 25 shots. The top 8 will advance to the semi-finals.
Yang Kunbi scored 24 points, 23 points, 22 points, and 22 points in the first four rounds. In the fifth round, he regained his rhythm and handed in a full target of 25 points to advance with 116 points.
Yang Kunbi scored 21 points in the semi-finals and advanced to the finals. He beat Jordan’s Ahmad Altrabeishi 31-29 and won the gold medal.
Yang Kunbi won gold in the first race of this season, which also gave Yang Kunbi a lot of confidence. He wrote on his facebook: “I have persisted in walking such a long distance, applause to myself.”
Chen Shikui, director of the Shooting Association of the Republic of China, said that shooting target is the strength of Westerners. Yang Kunbi has worked very hard and has unlimited potential in the future. Transcript, wait and see the performance of the players.
After the Asian Cup, Yang Kunbi took a short rest, and then he will go to Qatar to prepare for the World Cup.
(Responsible editor-in-chief: Zhuang Yuyu)