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Final 50m Pistol Men

50m Pistol Men – “My best season” Gold medallist Szarenski claimed

ISSF World Cup Final Rifle / Pistol · Munich, GER

USA’s Daryl Szarenski closed the 2010 ISSF World Cup Series on the highest step of the podium, securing the World Cup title with more than 5 points of advantage on his followers.

“This has definitively been my best season ever!” The American pistol shooter Daryl Szarenski said right after the last shot of today’s 50m Pistol Men competition.

 

Qualified in first place with a score of 565 points, and with three points of advantage on his followers, the 42-year old American shooter played an excellent final, marking 97.5 points, and claiming the Gold medal with a total score of 662.5 points.

 

Szarenski has been one of the main protagonists of this 2010 ISSF World Cup Series, by entering almost every final match throughout the season, and finishing four times on the podium (two Gold medals at the World Cup stage in Beijing, a Silver in Fort Benning and a Bronze in Sydney).

 

“Every year I try to slowly improve my performance, working step by step. But this season has been extraordinary,” Szarenskiu said after nailing the Gold “I only have some regrets for the World Championship. I could have shot a medal, there.” Continued the American shooter, who had placed in sixth at the 2010 World Championship held here in Munch last August.

 

“Next aim? To do my best throughout the 2011 season, and go for an Olympic medal in 2012!” Szarenski concluded.

 

The Silver medal went to the Bronze medallist of the 2008 Olympic Games, Russia’s pistol ace shooter Vladimir Isakov. The 40-year old shooter, who had qualified for this World Cup Final by winning a Bronze medal at the ISSF World Cup Stage held in Belgrade, ended up in second place with a total score of 657.0 points, just two tenths more than what marked by the Bronze medallist Matzuda.

 

The World Champion of Munich 2010, Japan’s Matsuda Tomoyuki, confirmed to be in great athletic conditions by placing in third after a breathtaking final match. The 34-year old shooter fought against Slovakia’s Kopp throughout the first part of the final round, moving then in third place thanks to an excellent 10.6 fired on his fifth competition shot.

 

From there on, Matsuda tried his best to catch up Isakov in second place, but ten shots turned out to be not enough to reach the Russian champion. Matsuda ended up in third, just two tenths shy of securing the Silver, and was awarded the Bronze medal with a total score of 656.8 points.

 

Russia’s young champion Leonid Ekimov, 23, a World Championship junior multi-medallist, placed in fourth, following the leading trio with a total of 654.7 points. Three points behind him, Armenia’s Norayr Bakhtamyan placed in fifth with 651.3 points, while the home shooter Abdullah Ustaoglu, shooting for Germany, landed in sixth place with 651.0 points after shooting-off Slovakia’s Kopp, seventh today.

Marco Dalla Dea

 

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