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China’s Xie Yu held his nerve to seize Olympic gold in the men’s 10 metre air pistol competition after edging out two Italians on Sunday. But Chinese hopes of winning the first three shooting golds in Paris never materialized as they failed to medal in thee women’s event. South Korea’s Oh Ye Jin, 19, won gold with an Olympic record 243.2 points on her Games debut ahead of compatriot Kim Ye Ji and India’s Manu Bhaker. The 24-year-old Xie, also in his first Games, amassed 240.9 as Federico Nilo Maldini shot 240.0 for silver. European champion Paolo Monna took bronze at the French national shooti…

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