China’s Yin Wen won her fourth consecutive Gold medal out of three world cup stages at today's 50m Rifle Three Positions women event at the 2009 ISSF World Cp stage in all events in Munich. The 26-year old shooter struggled in the final, but managed to keep the leadership she had gained through a consistent qualification.
YIN Wen of China, 26, won today’s 50m Rifle Three Positions women event with a total score of 687.5 (590+97.5) points, claiming her fourth world cup Gold medal since the beginning of the season.
“I am not happy with my final, I can do better!” the Chinese shooter said while commenting on her final “I have shot several finals in the last period, but I am still not happy with my performances. Today I struggled to shot a 10. I will have to work on it.”
Silver to the home champion Pfeilschifter
The home champion, Germany’s Sonja PFEILSCHIFTER, 38, shot the Silver medal with a total score of 685.7 (584+101.7) points, winning her second podium this week. The German athlete, a world record holder in both the women’s Olympic rifle events, had won Silver also at the 10m Air Rifle final that took place three days ago.
Pfeilschifter entered the final round in sixth place with a qualification score of 584 points, with a six-point disadvantage from the qualification’s leader. She climbed the scoreboard to the second place by shooting 101.7 points, the highest final score, and by taking advantage of her opponent’s mistakes.
Bronze to India’s Sawant
The first time finalist Tejaswini SAWANT of India, 28, had started the final round in second place, only two points behind the leader. While fighting for the gold, the Indian athlete fired a 6.9 on her ninth competition shot, loosing any chance climb on the highest step of the podium. The Indian athlete slid down in third place winning Bronze medal with 685.0 (588+97.0) points.
"The pressure was quite high, and I made a mistake… This is y goal is to shoot better scores, and better finals. I will have a try at the next world cup stage in Milan, next week...” Sawant said.
Her teammate Lajja GAUSWAMI, 20-year old, went through a similar misadventure. The young Indian shooter had started the match in third place with a qualification score of 587 points, but she fired a fatal 7.8 on her eighth final shot, eventually landing in sixth place with a total score of 682.4 (587+95.4) points.
The 10m Air Rifle Olympic Bronze medallist and European champion Snjezana PEJCIC of Croatia, finished in seventh place with 681.1 (584+97.1) points. She had won Silver at the 2008 World Cup stage held here in Munich.