RESULTS
TRAP MEN
SLOVAKIA'S VARGA READY FOR
HOLIDAYS, WITH A GOLD MEDAL AROUND HIS NECK
Seven years after
winning his last world cup, the 36-year old shooter came back atop of an ISSF
podium after an endless shoot-off. Now he will be taking some time off, with a
clear aim in his sights: the ISSF World Championship.
Qualifications, semi-final and Gold medal match were
not enough to decide the medals, at today's Trap Men event. Slovakia's Erik
Varga had indeed to go through a thrilling shoot-off, before he could pocket
the brightest medal.
The 36-year old shooter from Sladkovicovo qualified
for the semi-final with 122 hits out 125 targets, in a windy day at the Olympic
shooting range of Nicosia. Then, he finished in second at the semi-final with
14 hits out 15 targets. Good enough to access the Gold medal match, where he
met Croatia's 30-year old Josip Glasnovic.
The two finalists ended both missed one target,
closing the medal match tied with 14 hits each. And it was a shoot-off to
decide the medals. A shoot-off that turned in favor of Varga, who won the duel
with 13 hits to Glasnovic's 12.
At the same time, the 2004 Olympic Champion Alexy
Alipov of Russia, 37, defeated Czech Republic's Jiri Liptak in the Bronze medal
match 15 to 13 hits, finishing on the podium with semi-final score of 13 hits,
and a qualification score of 123 hits.
The reigning Olympic Champion, Croatia's Giovanni
Cernogoraz, closed the round in sixth place after hitting 10 targets in the
semi-final, while the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Champ Michael Diamond of Australia
place fifth with 12 hits.
Nicosia's shooting range was just the right place to
came back atop of an ISSF podium. “I have been shooting many matches, here in
Cyprus, since I was a Junior shooter. I like this range, but it's so
challenging. The wind makes it difficult, and if you get to shoot on the wrong
layout, it can be even harder.”
The shoot-off? Once Varga started, it looked like
nobody would stop him. “That has been the hardest part of the match. I trained a
lot for shoot-offs. The first five targets are the most difficult ones, but
when I get into the rhythm, I could go on forever!”
Read more on the ISSF Website - http://www.issf-sports.org/
MEDAL MATCHES
11 JUN 2013, START TIME 17:00
2nd Competition Stage - Medal Matches
Rk
|
Name
|
Nat
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Targets
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Total
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Remarks
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1
|
VARGA Erik
|
SVK
|
14
|
S-off: 13
|
|
14
|
S-off: 12
|
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2
|
GLASNOVIC Josip
|
CRO
|
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3
|
ALIPOV Alexey
|
RUS
|
15
|
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13
|
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4
|
LIPTAK Jiri
|
CZE
|
1st Competition Stage - Semifinal
Rk
|
Name
|
Nat
|
Targets
|
Total
|
Remarks
|
1
|
GLASNOVIC Josip
|
CRO
|
15
|
QG
|
|
2
|
VARGA Erik
|
SVK
|
14
|
QG
|
|
3
|
LIPTAK Jiri
|
CZE
|
13
|
QB
|
|
4
|
ALIPOV Alexey
|
RUS
|
13
|
QB
|
|
5
|
DIAMOND Michael
|
AUS
|
12
|
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6
|
CERNOGORAZ
Giovanni
|
CRO
|
10
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