Korean Olympic hero Jin's Asian Games jinx goes on


FILE PHOTO: 2016 Rio Olympics - Shooting - Preliminary - Men's 50m Pistol Qualification - Olympic Shooting Centre - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 10/08/2016. Jin Jong-Oh (KOR) of South Korea competes. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Four-time Olympic champion Jin Jong-oh failed once again to earn an individual gold at the Asian Games on Tuesday after the South Korean finished fifth in the men's 10 metre air pistol event in co-host city Palembang.

The 38-year-old, competing at his fifth Asian Games, finished second in the qualification round and shot a total of 178.4 before being eliminated in a shoot-off with China's Wu Jiayu.

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