KUWAIT CITY£¬ Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Sharpshooter Lee Young Sik snatched the gold medal of men's trap at the 11th Asian Shooting Championships here on Friday with 138 hits£¬ and took an Olympic berth for South Korea

Leading in the qualification round with 117 hits£¬ the 34-year-old Lee Young Sik maintained his advantage all along by scoring 21 in the 25-shot final.

Kuwait city saw a heavy sandstorm on Friday£¬ when seats by the outdoor trap ranges were coated with sand and branches of trees wavering strongly in the wind.

"It is disadvantageous for me£¬" Lee Young Sik said£¬ "but all the athletes are competing in the same environment."

With his success£¬ South Korea received a quota place for the event at the upcoming Olympic Games. "I am so happy that I got it£¬" he said.

Kuwaiti marksman Naser Meqlad£¬ 25-year-old gold medalist of the event at the Doha Asian Games who was three points behind in the qualification round did better than Lee Young Sik and downed 22 birds£¬ but the performance was less than enough for him to replace the former.

Nevertheless£¬ Meqlad secured his country a quota place as well.

The third quota place went to Lee Wung Yew from Singapore£¬ who was ranked fifth in the qualification round and appeared sharp in the final by dragging the third-placed Indian shooter Mansher Singh to a shoot-off.

In the long five-shot shoot-off£¬ both shooters missed the first shot and scored the following three. But Singh missed the fifth one£¬ leaving the bronze for the excited Lee Wung Yew.

"This is the first quota place Singapore got in shooting events£¬ and is possibly the only one£¬" he said.

Chinese shooters Li Hui£¬ Zhang Bing and Li Yang finished as the 15th£¬ 19th and 22nd respectively£¬ with their scores listed as 108£¬ 105 and 104£¬ failing to bring their country the ticket for the Olympic Games.