Final 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
50m Rifle 3 Positions M - HE Zhaohui secured China's fourth Gold.
ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol / Shotgun · Munich, GER
The People's Republic of China secured its fourth Gold medal thank to HE Zhaohui, 19-year old, who won the 50m Rifle 3 Positions final beating "his idol" Mathew Emmons of the USA.
“I am happy because I beat my all-time idol Matthew Emmons!” HE Zhaohui of China said enthusiastically after winning the 50m Rifle Three Positions men competition “The scores did not satisfied me at all, I know I could shoot an highest score, I have done it in past competitions. But I am still very happy, because I made it to the highest step of the podium winning over Matthew Emmons, my sport idol!”
The 19-year old Chinese shooter shot a final round of 101.5 points, winning Gold with a total score of 1283.5 points. HE had only participated in the 2009 ISSF World Cup stage in Beijing, so far. “I have just started shooting in world cups, but my eyes are set on the 2012 Games of London!”
He Zhaohui’s idol, the Olympic multimedallist American shooter Matthew EMMONS fought along the 10 final shot against the expert Austrian rifle shooter Mario KNOEGLER. The two shooter played an exciting neck and neck duel right to the last shot, when Austria’s Knoegler fired a winning shot of 10.7 points winning Silver and leaving Emmons the Bronze medal.
Knoegler secured Silver with a total score of 1276.7 (1178+ 98.7) points, coming back on an ISSF world cup podium four years after the 2005 world cup stage in Fort Benning, USA.
Emmons, shooting a disappointing last shot of 9.3 points, claimed Bronze, his second medal in this competition, with a total score of 1275.8 (1176+ 99.8) points.
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