BAHRAIN defeated Qatar 3-1 to win its first ever men’s soccer title, which closed all the competitions at the 7th Military World Games on Sunday in Wuhan, Hubei Province.

China, as the host, had a commanding lead on the medal standings with a total of 239 medals, including 133 golds, 64 silvers and 42 bronzes, from record-setting 329 events across 27 sports, becoming the first country to clinch over 100 golds in a single edition.

Russia, which had ranked first on medal table in five of the previous six editions, had 161 medals overall (51 golds, 53 silvers, 57 bronzes) to stand in second and Brazil was ranked third with 88 medals (21 golds, 31 silvers, 36 bronzes).

Over 80 International Military Sports Commission (CISM) affiliated records were broken at the “Olympics for military,” as athletes hailed it as a high-level international event, which featured 67 Olympic and world champions.

China took 27 golds, about one-fifth of its total, from swimming, 13 from shooting and 11 from diving. Athletics added eight golds, mainly from field events and race walk, and newly introduced table tennis earned China six golds.

The host athletes also gave an excellent performance in military-featured sports, sweeping all the golds in aeronautical and naval pentathlons, five out of six on offer in military pentathlon and snatching 11 of the 18 available in parachuting and lifesaving.(Xinhua)