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3 Gold for Republic of Korea at once!

ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol / Shotgun · Changwon, KOR

Five finals were held today at the ISSF World Cp Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun. The team of Republic of Korea won 3 Gold at once. The first place in Medal Standing is occupied by India.

A close fight was in the 10m Rifle Team Men Gold Medal Match. Arjun BABUTA, Shahu Tushar MANE and Paarth MAKHIJA from India fought Seungho BANG, Sangdo KIM and Hajun PARK from Republic of Korea until the last shot. Athletes from India were more accurate, the hosts of the competition won Silver. Third place went to Jiri PRIVRATSKY, Ales ENTRICHEL and Petr NYMBURSKY from Czech Republic.

 

In the 10m Rifle Team Women Gold Medal Match, again the Republic of Korea and India teams competed for the Gold. But here athletes from the Republic of Korea - Jihyeon KEUM, Eunseo LEE and Dayeong GWON, were more precisely. Ramita RAMITA, Elavenil VALARIVAN and Mehuli GHOSH from India took Silver. Hungarians Eszter MESZAROS, Eszter DENES and Gitta BAJOS took third place.

 

Republic of Korea and India also met in the 10m Air Pistol Team Women Gold Medal Match. And here the audience saw a stubborn struggle for victory, in which the Koreans Minjung KIM, Bomi KIM and Hyunyoung YOO were stronger. Palak PALAK, Rhythm SANGWAN and Yuvika TOMAR won Silver. Third place was taken by Shun Xie TEO, Xiu Hong TEH and Xiu Yi TEH from Singapore and brought their country the first medal in these competitions.

 

Italians Paolo MONNA, Luca TESCONI and Alessio TORRACCHI won the 10m Air Pistol Team Men. Silver went to Shiva NARWAL, Naveen NAVEEN and Sagar DANGI from India. The first World Cup medal in the team event was won by Vladimir SVECHNIKOV, Veniamin NIKITIN and Mukhammad KAMALOV from Uzbekistan.

 

Two Australian teams competed for the Trap Mixed Team Gold. More precisely, were James WILLETT and Penny SMITH, the second place was taken by Thomas Derek GRICE and Catherine SKINNER. Bronze medals were won by Haicheng YU and Xiaojing WANG from People's Republic of China, Andreas LOEW and Kathrin MURCHE from Germany.

 

The next finals in Korea will be held on Saturday in 50m Rifle 3 Positions Team Men and 25m Pistol Women events. Watch live streaming on ISSF Internet resources, share links with your friends.

 

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