Vietnam's Hoang captures gold in 10m air pistol

2016 Rio Olympics - Shooting - Victory Ceremony - Men's 10m Air Pistol Victory Ceremony - Olympic Shooting Centre - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 06/08/2016. (L-R) Felipe Wu (BRA) of Brazil, Hoang Xuan Vinh (VIE) of Vietnam and Pang Wei (CHN) of China (PRC) pose with their medals. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Xuan Vinh Hoang secured Vietnam's first Olympic gold medal in any sport on Saturday, winning the men's 10-metre air pistol event after holding off crowd favourite Felipe Wu of host country Brazil.

Wu, a 24-year-old competing in his first Olympics, won Brazil its first medal of the Games, on the first day of competition, and its first in shooting since 1920.