VietNamNet Bridge - At the 2014 ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup Championship in the US, Hoang Xuan Vinh became the second Vietnamese to break the world record.

Hoang Xuan Vinh (middle). Photo ISSF

On March 30, Hoang Xuan Vinh broke the world record in the 10m air pistol finals held at Fort Benning

Vietnamese shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh continues his climb up the global rankings, setting a new world’s record in the 10m, the US on March 30.

The 39 year-old Vietnamese athlete, ranked 8th in the world, secured the gold medal at the 2014 ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup championship with a record score of 202.8 points, edging out the previous 202.3-point record.

Hoang narrowly beat two Russian finalists, 28 year-old Sergey Chervyakovskiy and Vladimir 36 year-old Gontcharov, who finished in second and third place with 202.3 and 181.3 points, respectively.

China’s Pang Wei, coming off a victory 20 days ago at the Asian Championship in Kuwait, ended up in fifth place with 138.6 points, behind the Japanese first-time finalist Horimizu Kojiro (fourth with 158.8 points).

Horimizu's teammate Matsuda Tomoyuki, the 2010 World Champion, ended up in sixth place with 117.8 points.

Vinh won a gold medal at the World Cup in South Korea last April.

This achievement is more significant because previously, Vinh ranked eighth in the qualifying round and won the final ticket to the finals.

In the qualifying round, Vinh – with 282 points – ranked below his teammate Tran Quoc Cuong who finished third with 584 points.

In Vietnam's sports history, only two people broke the world records – shooter Tran Oanh in Czechoslovakia in 1962 and 52 years later, Hoang Xuan Vinh is the second who could do this.

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