China's Li wins gold in men's 25m rapid fire pistol

China's Li Yuehong won gold in the men's 25 metres rapid fire pistol event at the Paris Olympics on Monday with South Korea's Cho Yeong-jae taking silver and China's Wang Xinjie the bronze.

It was a China one-two in the qualification round and the trend continued as Li and Wang started off with a perfect five-from-five in the final.

Cho managed to sandwich himself between the Chinese pair but Li ran away with the gold, scoring 32 points for a comfortable win against the South Korean, who scored 25.

A perfect sixth series earned Li a two-point lead and the 34-year-old capitalised on it to win his first Olympic gold after winning bronze in the last two Games.

Compatriot Wang beat Germany's Florian Peter in a shoot-off to make the medal round.