ISSF WORLD CUP, USA, 2013
Finals 10m Air Pistol Men
©2013 ISSF | Photo: Marco Dalla Dea
“WINNING WAS THE PLAN” USA’S BROWN SAID, AT 10M AIR
PISTOL MEN FINAL
Home hero
Brown won today’s 10m Air Pistol Men final, defeating skilled Olympians in
spite of being a first-time finalist.
“Winning was
the plan!” Will Brown of USA said today, after winning the 10m Air Pistol Men
Final at the 2013 ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup in Fort Benning, Georgia.
The 21-year
old Idaho shooter, who’s now part of the US Olympic team and trains in Colorado
Spring, had never participated in an ISSF final round, before.
Today,
shooting on his home turf, he made it to the final with a qualification score
of 580 points. Then, during the final, he shot 202.1 points, climbing up the
scoreboard to the top. After the 20th and last
final shot, the young shooter had build up a lead of over two points over the
closest follower, Oleh Omelchuk of Ukraine.
“This was my
first final, but I won’t stop now. I will participate in the next ISSF World
Cup Stage in Munich, and I will try to pass through our internal selections to
get a spot in the team competing in Granada, Spain, later this year.” Brown
said.
29-year old
two-time Olympian Oleh Omelchuk of Ukraine secured the Silver medal with a
final score of 199.5 points, while today’s Bronze medal went to Russia’s Denis
Koulakov, 30, with 180.6 points.
Germany’s
Florian Schmidt, 27, ended up in fourth place, with 159.3 points, followed by
the 2004 Olympic Bronze medallist Vladimir Isakov of Russia, fifth with 140.6
points. The third Russian teammate (all the Russian team made it to the final,
today), Leonid Ekimov, 25, placed in sixth with 120.4 points.
The seventh
and eighth place went to Pu Qifeng of China and Felipe Almeida Wu of Brazil,
with 98.1 and 78.5 points, respectively.
The ISSF
Rifle and Pistol World Cup in Fort Benning will continue tomorrow, with the 10m
Air Rifle Women Final scheduled at 11.30 AM local time.
Follow the event on www.issf-sports.org
Posted by
Thom Erik Syrdahl
Source –
ISSF Website
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