The American shooter won his second consecutive Gold medal. Serbia’s Damir Mikec took Silver, followed in third by Russia’s Valdimir Isakov.
USA’s Daryl Szarenski won his second consecutive medal here at the ISSF World Cup in Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun events in Beijing.
The American shooter claimed Gold at the 10m Air Pistol Men event, finishing for the second time on the highest step of the podium after his victory at the 50m Pistol Men event, two days ago.
The 42-year old athlete made it into the final with one of the lowest qualification score, 583 points, and then climbed up in the lead shot after shot, firing today’s highest score, 103.2 points, for a total of 686.2 points. Szarenski had made it to the podium also at the first ISSF World Cup Stage of the season, in Sydney, in March, where he had won a Bronze.
The qualifications’ leader, Russia’s expert Olympian Vladimir Isakov, slid down in the placements during the final round. Starting the match with a disappointing 8.6 on his third final shot, he fired more than once in the ninth ring, finishing in third place with 685.5 points (587+98.5) and the Bronze medal.
Isakov was overtaken by Serbia’s Damir Mikec, who landed on the second step of the podium winning Silver with a total score of 685.9 (585+100.9) points.
Ukraine’s two-time World Cup Gold medallist Oleg Omelchuk took the fourth place with 684.6 points, followed by Armenia’s Norayr Bakhtamyan and by the Chinese hope Shi Xinglong with 683.8 and 683.3 points, respectively.
Slovakia’s Pavol Kopp ended up in seventh, with 682.8 points, and Russia’s Denis Koulakov in eighth with 682.4 points.