Jeong You-jin of South Korea competes in the men's 10-meter running target shooting event at the Asian Games at Fuyang Yinhu Sports Centre in Hangzhou, China, Sept. 25. Yonhap

South Korea snatched its first shooting gold medal of the 19th Asian Games in China on Monday, winning the men's 10-meter running target team title.

The trio of Kwak Yong-bin, Ha Kwang-chul and Jeong You-jin combined for 1,668 points for the gold medal at Fuyang Yinhu Sports Centre in Hangzhou.

This was South Korea's first Asiad gold in a running target event.

Kwak, Ha and Jeong edged out the North Korean team of Kwon Kwang-il, Pak Myong-won and Yu Song-jun, who also had 1,668 points but settled for silver because South Korea hit more 10s, 39 to 29.

Jeong added an individual bronze in the same running target event for his seventh career Asiad medal.

"It was an emotional victory for me. These athletes worked so hard for this," South Korean head coach Hong Seung-pyo said. "Their score was far worse than the ones they'd posted in some training sessions. I felt helpless, but I couldn't really show my emotions in front of them. I kept praying until the end."

Kwon Kwang-il of North Korea competes in the men's 10-meter running target shooting event at the Asian Games at Fuyang Yinhu Sports Centre in Hangzhou, China, Sept. 25. Yonhap

Earlier Monday, South Korea grabbed three silver medals in shooting: in the men's individual 10m air rifle, the men's team 10m air rifle and the men's 25m rapid fire pistol team event.

In the running target, the individual and team events took place simultaneously, with the individual total determining the team rankings.

Shooters each fired 60 shots across six series, with the targets moving from left to right or right to left, for a maximum 600 points: 30 precision-fire shots with a time limit of five seconds per shot and 30 rapid-fire shots fired within 2.5 seconds.

Jeong, the individual bronze medalist, topped all South Koreans with 565 points. Kwak scored 554 points, and Ha chipped in 549 points.

Ha Kwang-chul of South Korea competes in the men's 10-meter running target shooting event at the Asian Games at Fuyang Yinhu Sports Centre in Hangzhou, China, Sept. 25. Yonhap

For North Korea, Pak, one of the country's two flag bearers at Saturday's opening ceremony, led the way with 561 points. Kwon had 559 points, and Yu had 548.

North Korea remained in the lead in the late stages, but Yu struggled over the final two series, putting up just 86 and then 87 points.

"We didn't know much about the North Korean shooters. They beat us handily at the world championships in 2018, and I figured they'd contend for the gold here, too," Hong, the South Korean head coach, said. "We ended up taking the gold after one of their shooters made mistakes toward the end. It is a poignant moment for me to see South Korea and North Korea take the gold and the silver." (Yonhap)