Ukraine won three medals, monopolizing the podium of the 10m Running Target Women event after an intense medal match.
Ukraine celebrated three medals at today’s
10m Running Target Women competition, as the three Ukrainian teammates
AVRAMENKO, YEVSEYENKO and ZABLOTINA won Gold, Silver and Bronze, leaving their
Russian opponent STEPANOVA in fourth place.
Avramenko confirms her title.
Galina AVRAMENKO, 23, is not new to the
World Championship spotlight. The young Ukrainian shooter had won also last
year’s World Championship title, in Plzen. She finished today’s match with the
highest qualification score of 384 points, and then led the “Medal Match”
winning both the direct-elimination duels, securing her second, consecutive,
title.
“It has not been easy. I did not start
in the best way – said Avramenko right after the
Medal Match – I always have troubles with finals, but then I settle down and
everything went smoothly.”
“My next goal? Maybe I could set a new
record! – said the Ukrainian Champion – Why not?
I could try to shoot a full score of 400 points… we will see!”
The medal match – Ukraine left no
chances to the others.
After the qualifications, three Ukrainian
teammates made it to the “Medal Match” (a four-way direct-elimination round to
decided the medals) together with the Russian shooter Olga Stepanova.
Galina AVRAMENKO met and beat her teammate
Viktoriya ZABLOTINA 6 to 2 points in the first match. Entering the Gold Match,
she duelled against the third Ukrainian shooter Tetyana YEVSEYENKO, outdoing
her 6 to 5 points after a breathtaking neck and neck. With two victories out of
two duels, AVRAMENKO secured Gold, leaving her teammate YEVSEYENKO the Silver.
At the same time, Viktoriya ZABLOTINA met
the Russian shooter Olga STEPANOVA in a determinant Bronze match. The two
athletes duelled right to the last shot, when STEPANOVA scored an unlucky 9.6
which could not stand ZABLOTINA’s 10.5.
While STEPANOVA was pushed down of the
podium, 23-year old ZABLOTINA joined her teammates on a podium painted in
yellow and blue, the colours of Ukraine.
The Medal Match formula:
The “Medals Match” has been introduced for
10m Running Target Men and Women competitions since the beginning of the 2008
season. It is a further stage in the 10m events: after the regular competition,
the four best shooters proceed to a direct-elimination competition to decide
the podium placements.
The first qualified faces the fourth, the second faces the third. After every
shot, the shooter who has scored the highest is awarded one point. The shooter
with the higher score of the pair (1 versus 4, 2 versus 3) receives one point.
The shooter who receives six points is the winner of the pair.
The two winners meet then for Gold and Silver in a further duel, while the two
losers keep on shooting for Bronze.
Results:
Check the final results of the 10m Running Target Women event.