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Finals 50m Rifle Prone Men

World Champ Martynov claimed 50m Rifle Prone Gold

ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol · Changwon, KOR

USA’s Uptegrafft and France’s Graff on the podium. Olympic Quotas to Korea’s Choi and Germany’s Eckhardt.

Reigning World Champion Sergei Martynov of Belarus won the 50m Rifle Prone Men event at the ISSF Rifle & Pistol World Cup in Changwon, Korea, today.

 

The two-time Olympic Bronze medallist, the current n. 1 in the world in this event, turned out to be unbeatable on Changwon’s lines, today.

 

Entering the final match with a qualification score of 598 points, with two points of a head start on his followers, he landed on the highest step of the podium with a total score of 700.4 points, after marking 102.4 points in the final.

 

Martynov, who had closed the 2010 season by winning the ISSF World Cup Final in Munich, is one of the most successful rifle shooters in activity. Today’s was his 21st World Cup medal, in this event, out of 45 participations since 1989.

 

Uptagrafft won the Silver medal duel

The American shooter Eric Uptagrafft secured the Silver medal with 699.6 points. Qualified with 596 points, Uptagrafft won the duel for the second step of the podium against France’s Graff by marking 103.6 points in the final, securing his second consecutive ISSF World Cup Silver medal. Ciryl Graff ended up with 698.0 points and the Bronze medal.

 

Highest final score and Olympic Quota to Korea’s Choi

The 30-year old home shooter Choi Young Jeon finished in fourth place, in spite of shooting today’s highest final score, 104.2 points. The Korean athlete had qualified with the lowest qualification score, 593 points, and finished 0.8 points behind Graff with a total score of 697.2 points. Enough to secure an Olympic Quota Place for his country, a chance to participate in the 2012 Games. The second Olympic Quota went to Germany’s Maik Eckhardt, fifth with 696.2 (593+103.2) points.

 

Following them, Yuriy Sukhorukov finished in sixth with 695.3 points, and Norway’s Ole Magnus Bakken in seventh with 694.5 points.

 

The 16-time Paralympic Gold medallist Jonas Jacobbson, taking part in his first ISSF World Cup final round today, closed the match in eighth place with 693.4 points.

 

Click for the complete final result-list of the match

Marco Dalla Dea

 

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