Andersson claimed his second World Championship title, one year after his victory at the 2008 ISSF Running Target World Championsihp in Plzen. Ukraine’s Prianishnikov and Russia’s Romanov followed him in second and third place.
29-year old Emil ANDERSSON of Sweden shot
his second, consecutive, World Champion title, winning the 10m Running Target
Men Gold medal as he had done one year ago in Plzen. The Swedish Champion
confirmed to be the best shooter of the world in this event, winning the two
direct-elimination duels of the Medal Match with ease.
Anderson climbed through the Medal Match
ANDERSSON qualified for the Medal Match in
third place, with a qualification score of 578 points, ranking behind Finland’s
Krister HOLMBERG and Russia’s Dmitry ROMANOV. Tables turned through the medal
match. ANDERSSON met the winner of the 10m Running Target Mixed Men event
ROMANOV on his first duel, outdoing him 6 to 3 points.
Then, entering the Gold Match, the Swedish
shooter gave his best, shattering Ukraine’s Vladyslav PRIANISHNIKOV 6 to 2
points and claiming the Gold medal. PRIANISHNIKOV, who had won Bronze last year
in Plzen, was left the Silver medal.
Russia's Romanov won the Bronze Match
The Russian shooter Dmitry ROMANOV won the
Bronze match, securing his second medal of the week after the 10m Running
Target Mixed Men Gold had won two days ago. ROMANOV, who had made it into the
medal match with a qualification score of 579 points, was beaten by ANDERSSON
in the first duel, but then outdid the home shooter Krister HOLMBERG 6 to 3
points, bringing back home the Bronze medal.
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 Men event.