PETALING JAYA: Asian Games debutant Gan Chen Jie can afford to smile although she finished last in the women’s 50m rifle three positions final at the Aichi Prefectural Shooting Range on Saturday (Sept 26).
The 21-year-old Chen Jie was the first Malaysian shooter to reach the final at the Games after others failed in their respective events.
In the top-eight final, Chen Jie scored 299.1 points after four series to finish last.
China’s Han Jiayu went on to the next four series and took the gold with a score of 359.0, breaking the Asian record of 358.2 set this year by Kazakhstan’s Sofiya Shulzhenko.
Her compatriot Zhang Liyuan took silver with a score of 358.8, and South Korea’s Kim Ji-eun took bronze with 348.4.
Chen Jie had earlier qualifed for the final with her score of 587 as the eight qualifier.
Other Malaysians - Alia Husna Budruddin (583) and Nur Suryani Taibi (576) - finished 19th and 33rd respectively to miss the cut.
Jiayu had also earlier topped the qualifying field with with 594 points, while Liyuan was second with 591. India’s Tilotamma Sen came in third with 590 points.
In the team event, Malaysia were seventh with a score of 1,746 points. China took the gold with a score of 1,773 while India bagged silver (1,763) and Kazakhstan (1,754) completed the podium at third.
