10m Running Target Mixed Women Junior
10m RT Mixed Women Junior – Two medals to Ukraine
ISSF World Championships Running Target · Heinola, FIN
Vasylyuk and Goncharova of Ukraine won Gold and Silver, proving once more the excellent shooting skills of the Ukrainian team. Norway secured its first medal, thanks to the 18-year old Bronze medallist Therese Holm.
The 19-year old Ukrainian shooter Liudmyla
VASYLYUK won the 10m Running Target Mixed Women Junior event, claiming her
first international medal ever. VASYLYUK had taken part both in the 2006 and
2008 World Championships, but she had never made it to the podium. The 19-year old athlete won today’s match
with a total score of 369 points, and a four-point advantage on her followers.
Ukraine keeps on leading the Running Target
international scene, as had happened at the 2008 ISSF Running Target World
Championship in Plzen, last year. Silver went to VASYLYUK’s teammate, the
second Ukrainian shooter, Valentyna GONCHAROVA, who closed the match in second
place with a total of 365 points. GONCHAROVA had won a Junior Bronze medal in
this event, in Plzen last year, and she is also one of the favourites of the
10m Running Target Women Junior event that will start tomorrow.
Today’s 10m Running Target Mixed Women
Junior Bronze medal went to Norway’s Therese HOLM, 18, who secured her first
international medal ever. HOLM shot the Bronze medal with a total score of 350
points, outdoing Russia’s Lyudmilla FILIPPOVA at the last series. While HOLM
scored 85 points, FILIPPOVA shot a disappointing last series of 82 points,
landing in fourth place with a total of 347 points. “I am so happy! – said HOLM after the match – I cannot even realize how many
points of advantage I had on my followers… The important thing is that I am on
the podium! It has been stressful: I had to wait the very last shot of my
opponents before being sure of the medal!”
Check the results of the 10m Running Target
Mixed Women Junior.
Marco Dalla Dea