Rio 2016: South Korea’s Jin Jong-oh creates history in 50 metre air pistol

Rio de Janeiro: South Korea's Jin Jong-oh created a history on Wednesday after becoming the first player to win a specific event (50 metre pistol) at three games in a row.

Making a comeback from near elimination Jin Jong-oh created the history.

Kim Song Guk of North Korea, 30, won the bronze in the same event.

Jin defeated Vietnam's Xuan Vinh Hoang, who made history on Saturday last by winning his country's first-ever gold medal, in the 10 metre air pistol.

He had earlier won the gold medals in Beijing and London.

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What he said:

• Told myself to not give up while I was near to the elimination in first round.
• I performed badly, but I said to myself this is my last Olympics. I cannot give up.
• North Korea's Kim said he had hoped to do better than bronze, his country's third shooting medal.
• What matter is just gold, Kim added.