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Published on 27 Aug 2009

50m RT Mixed Men Junior – Individual and team Gold to Russia.

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Two Russian shooters, DOVGAL and AZARENKO, made it to the individual podium, lifting Russia on the Team Podium.

19-year old Russian shooter Yuri DOVGAL won today’s 50m Running Target Mixed Men Junior competition, securing the Gold medal with a total score of 389 points and with four points of advantage on his followers. The young athlete claimed his first individual Gold medal. He had won Silver in this event both at the 2008 and at the 2009 European Championship, winning also several team medals, but he had never won an individual competition, before.

Following in second place, the talented 19-year old Hungarian shooter Laszlo BOROS claimed Silver with 385 points. BOROS had finished in second also at last year’s World Championship in Plzen.

Mikhail AZARENKO of Russia, one of the most titled junior shooter of this World Championship, closed the match in third place, securing Bronze with a total score of 381 points, only one point more then what scored by Finland’s Marten WESTERLUND, fourth with 380 points.

Teams: Russia four points ahead.

Thanks to the excellent performances of DOVGAL, AZARENKO and Alexander NAUMENKO (who place in eighth in the individual competition), the Russian Federation brought back home the Team Gold with a total of 1139 points.


Four points behind, the home team, Finland, placed in second winning the Team Silver thanks to the 1130 points scored by Marten WESTERLUND, Tomi-Pekka HEIKKILA and Sami HEIKKILA.


Ukraine (Igor MATSKEVYCH, Oleg SALAMANKHA and Lev ZAPOTICHNYY) secured Team Bronze with 1084 points.