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SAPPORO, Japan, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Mikito Tachizaki claimed the men's 12.5km pursuit gold medal at the biathlon competition of the Asian Winter Games here on Friday despite missing three targets during the race.
Tachizaki missed two prone and one standing shots before winning the title in 38:47.2.
Kazakhstan's Yan Savitskiy missed five targets in the race and eventually picked the silver in 38:53.0, and South Korean Kim Yong-gyu took the bronze in 39:58.7.
Wang Wenqiang, eighth out of 14 finishers, was the best Chinese in the race.
Japan has thus raised their gold tally to 15, just one over South Korea who placed second on the medal table thanks to strong performances in speed skating and short track.
China was in third place with six golds so far, with a dream to finish second beyond its reach.
Kazakhstan, the overall winner at the last edition of the games, hosted by Almaty in 2011, was fourth with three golds.
