The South Korean female team won gold in the 25-meter pistol event at the Asian Games, edging out its rival China by a point.

The team of Kim Jang-mi, Lee Jung-eun and Kwak Jung-hye claimed the first podium finish with 1,748 points, defeating China that took 1,747 points. India scored 1,729 for bronze.

It is South Korea’s first team gold in the women’s shooting at the Asiad under way in the country’s western city of Incheon and the second pistol medal of the day. Hours earlier, their colleagues grabbed bronze in the 10-meter air rifle.

At the 2010 Asiad, South Korea won bronze in the women’s 25-meter pistol team event.

In the team component, the aggregate scores of three shooters for each country in the individual qualification round determine the medalists.

Monday’s victory brought the number of gold medals for the host country in shooting to three, with the previous two clinched the previous day in the men’s 10-meter air pistol team and individual events.

With Kim Jang-mi, the reigning Olympic champ in the distance, leading the Korean team with 584 points, the shooting powerhouse placed all three shooters in the individual final.

Yet none of the three could bring home another medal. (Yonhap)