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★ BRONZE DORJSUREN, Munkhbayar (GER)
as Chen and the title defender, Germany’s
Munkhbayar Dorjsuren dueled to reach the
second step of the podium.
Chen, 31-years old, currently second
place in the World Ranking, started in fourth
place after scoring 584 points throughout
the qualifications. Then, she rapidly climbed
and tied with Dorjsuren, who had qualified
in third with 586 points. Both athletes
shot almost tied throughout the last two
final series, separated by only a few tenths
of a point. Chen eventually moved to second
place, winning Silver with 787.8 points
(584+203.8), and six tenths of an advantage
over Dorjsuren, Bronze medalist with 787.2
points (586+201.2).
The shooter who qualified in second with
586 points, China’s Wu Yan, ended up in fourth
place behind Spain’s Sonia Franquet after
shooting a disappointing final score (197.1
points, for a total of 783.1 points). Her teammate
Yuan Jing followed her in sixth, with a total
score of 781.6, preceding Kazakhstan Yuliya
Bondareva and Belarus’ Viktoria Chaika.
★ Awards 25m Pistol Women
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THREE-WAY FIGHT FOR
THE GOLD
A three-way tie opened the 10m Air Pistol
Women Final, as three shooters made it into
the final match with a matched qualification
score of 387 points. Olympic Champion Guo
Wenjun, her team-mate Hu Jun, and Belarusian
champion Viktorya Chaika, battled throughout
the final round in a breathtaking neck and neck
battle to reach the Gold medal, with scores
fluctuating by only tenths. China’s Guo Wenjun
was the first to miss, firing a frustrating 8.1
on her second competition shot. The Olympic
Champion slid to third place, and even if she
had managed to score tens again, she wouldn’t
have been able to recover from her mistake.
Ahead of her, Hu and Chaika continued to duel
for the brightest medal right to the end, separated
by just tiny fractions of points.
Thirty-one year old Chinese finalist Hu
Jun triumphed on her last shot, defeating her
opponent Chaika by three tenths and winning
Gold with a total score of 486.9 points
(387+99.9). The 31-year old athlete qualified for
this year’s ISSF World Cup Final by obtaining
a Gold medal at the World Cup in Beijing, and
a Silver at the World Cup Stage in Milan. “I
am happy about this victory, although I know I
should improve,” said Hu right after the final,
interviewed by a crowd of Chinese journalists
“I fired a couple of bad shots, and I could have
scored an higher total…” She commented
10M AIR PISTOL WOMEN
★ SILVER CHAIKA, Viktoria (BLR)
★ Awards 10m Air Pistol Women
about her eighth and ninth final shots, a 9.4
and a 9.1 that jeopardized her chances of victory.
1998 World Champion Chaika, 28 years
old, ended in second place, just three tenths
behind, with a total score of 486.6 points
(387+99.6), as she scored a 9.8-point last shot.
Current World Ranking leader Guo could not
catch up with her team-mate Hu and the
Belarusian finalist Chaika, thereby ending in
third place nine tenths behind them, and winning
Bronze with 485.3 points (387+98.3).
Korea’s Lee Ho Lim, who climbed twice
upon ISSF podiums throughout this year’s
World Cup Series, finished in fourth place. In
spite of shooting the highest score of the final
(100.9 points), the 21-year old athlete closed
the round in fourth, four tenths away from the
Bronze medalist, a consequence of her lower
qualification score of 384 points. The Olympic
Champion of 2004 Olena Kostevich followed
in fifth place, with a total score of 484.5 points
(384+100.6), while Australia’s hope, Lalita
Yauhleuskaya, 45 years old, placed in sixth
with 483.4 points (383+100.4).
★ BRONZE GUO, Wenjun (CHN)
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★ GOLD HU, Jun (CHN)
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