Chinese sharpshooter breaks Olympic record

Chinese sharpshooter breaks Olympic record
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-08-14 16:03

Zhao Yinghui of China broke the Olympic record of the women's 10m air rifle in the qualification round competitions Saturday morning.

Zhao Yinghui.

Zhao scored 398 points to beat the previous Olympic record of 397 set by Petra Horneber of Germany at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.

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