(Beijing, April 15) Lin Zhongzai of China scored 700.8 to win the men's 50m pistol final of the "Good Luck Beijing" ISSF World Cup today.

The silver and bronze went to Rashid Yunusmetov of Kazakhstan (666.0) and Daryl Szarenski of the US (663.4) respectively.

Lin's teammates, Olympic veteran Tan Zongliang and Asian champion Xu Kun, failed to make the final, along with Russia's Olympic champion Mikhail Nestruev and ace shooter Boris Kokorev.

In the qualification round held earlier, Lin Zhongzai, winner of the 2007 ISSF World Cup Final in Bangkok, led the group with 571 points, while Tan and Xu placed 16th (560) and 39th (551) tandem.

Lin consolidated his advantage in the final as he led the second shooter by 4.4 after the first five shots. In the final shot, Lin managed only 7.7, but still collected 700.8 to go on the top podium by a small margin of 1.2 over runner-up Rashid Yunusmetov. American Daryl Szarenski, second in the qualifications, finished third with 663.4.

Following the top three were Japanese Matsuda Tomoyuki (662.9), DPR Korean Kim Jong Su (662.1), Ukrainian Oleg Omelchuk (661.7), Portuguese Joao Costa (660.4) and Russian Leonid Ekimov (651.5).