Tomorrow will be the second-last competition day at the
ISSF World Cup in Munich, Germany. Finals will take place for two events--the
women's 50m rifle 3 positions (11:30 am CEST) and the
men's 10m air pistol (13:15).
The women's 50m rifle 3 positions event has undergone its elimination stage today in
two relays. Tomorrow, from 8:45 am to 10:30 am, a qualification round will determine the finalists.
Two qualification relays, scheduled tomorrow at 8:45 am and 11:00 am, will also decide
who will run for medals at the men's 10m air pistol.
WOMEN'S 50M RIFLE 3 POSITIONS
Relay 1
Yoo Seo Young of the Republic of Korea, 19, set a new Junior World Record as she came in first (
592 - 31x). She also equalled the World Record.
In the three times she took part in a World Cup, Yoo has never made a podium--she came in
27th and
31th at
Fort Benning 2013, and
38th last month
in Changwon.
Serbia's
Ivana Maksimovic, a London 2012 Olympic Silver, followed Yoo in second place (
588 - 30x)--her teammate
Andrea Arsovic came in seventh (
581 - 27x).
China's
Chang Jing, who won a gold medal and set a new World Record
in Fort Benning, came in third (
587 - 22x).
Fort Benning bronze medalist
Barbara Engleder of Germany came in tenth (
579 - 25x).
Germany's
Beate Gauss, who ranks third in the world, came in 14th (
578 - 24x).
Gauss, despite winning
two gold medals at
last year's World Championship in Granada, has never won a World Cup gold.
Relay 2
World-number-one
Snjezana Pejcic of Croatia came atop the scoreboard (
587 - 30x).
Pejcic has already won
two gold medals earlier this season in Changwon--there, she also set a
new Final World Record of 463.0.
The 20-year-old of Denmark
Astrid Steffensen took second place (
587 - 24x).
Steffensen, who has mostly competed as a junior, is at her second World Cup appearance.
Another young athlete closed the top 3--the 21-year-old of Russia
Yulia Karimova.
Karimova has only took part in a World Cup once before--
last year in Fort Benning, where she also set a new Junior Final World Record (
413.7).
Adela Sykorova, a London 2012 Olympic Bronze, came in fourth (
582 - 29x).
Austria's
Lisa Ungerank, who had won
her first World Cup gold two years ago in Munich, came in 14th (
579 - 24x).
Ungerank has never made another World Cup podium after winning at Munich 2013.
Sykorova hasn't won a World Cup gold in the past two years.
The 21-year-old of Norway
Malin Westerheim, who ranks fifth worldwide, only came in 28th (
574 - 20x).
Westerheim is still looking for the first World Cup gold of her career after she won
a bronze medal at last year's World Championship.
Changwon bronze medalist
Selina Gschwandtner came in 19th (
577 - 27x).
The 21-year-old of Germany has won the European Championship in Arnhem earlier this season. Now, Gschwandtner will be looking for her first World Cup gold.
MEN'S 10M AIR PISTOL
Jin Jongoh,
the world's best pistol shooter who
won both World Cup stages so far this season, won't be there tomorrow.
India's Jitu Rai,
a bronze medalist in Changwon, will try to climb all the way up the podium this time.
Rai has won a World Cup gold
last year in Maribor.
Fort Benning bronze medalist Joao Costa of Portugal,
who has won gold in yesterday's 50m pistol, will be aiming at his third medal in two weeks.
Turkey's
Yusuf Dikec, who ranks second worldwide, will be shooting at the same range where he won his only World Cup gold back four years ago.
Dikec won two World Championship gold medals last year--the
25m standard pistol, and the
25m center fire pistol.
Vladimir Gontcharov's last World Cup gold was six years ago in Munich.
The 38-year-old of Russia, who ranks fourth worldwide, will try to get back atop the same podium.
China's
Pang Wei, a Beijing 2008 Olympic Gold, has never won a World Cup.
The 28-year-old Pang will continue his quest for the gold in the range where he got the closest to it--he won a silver medal at the Munich World Cup in 2009.
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