Hoang Xuan Vinh of Vietnam reacts during the awarding ceremony of the Men's 10m Air Pistol Finals of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games at the Olympic Shooting Centre in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 6, 2016. Hoang Xuan Vinh won Vietnam first-ever Olympic gold. (Xinhua/Wang Lili)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- The 41-year-old veteran Hoang Xuan Vinh won the first-ever Olympic gold medal for Vietnam after claiming the men's 10m air pistol title in the 2016 Rio Olympics on Saturday.
Vietnam has won two Olympic silvers prior to the 2016 Games, one from weightlifting and the other from taekwondo.
