Jonas Jacobsson of Sweden competes in the Mixed R6-50m Free Rifle Prone SH1 Qualification Shooting competition at the 2008 Paralympic Games © • Getty Images
Sweden’s Jonas Jacobsson claimed gold with his very last shot in an incredible R1 (men’s rifle standing SH1) final on the first day of the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships in Suhl, Germany.
Elsewhere, there were gold medals for Slovakia’s Veronika Vadovicova in the R2 (women’s 10m standing SH1) and Ukraine’s Vasyl Kovalchuk in the R9 (mixed 50m rifle prone SH2), as three world records were also broken.
In the R1 (men’s rifle standing SH1) final, Jacobsson took an early lead and looked good for his 18th world title as the final reached its climax.
But he dramatically let his lead slip with his 19th shot and looked to have blown his chances, with South Korea’s Seungchul Lee taking the advantage.
However, the pressure of the final shot proved too much for Lee as he fired a 9.4 against Jacobsson’s 10.5, allowing the 49-year-old to take gold with a score of 204.2.
Despite nearly throwing away victory in the dying stages, Jacobsson knew he had the experience to pull through.
He said: “I was thinking on the last shot that I need a good 10. I have taken 17 gold medals in the World Championships before, and the guy next to me hasn’t had a gold medal yet.
“So I knew that he would be having a lot of thoughts in the last shot, and that if I could shoot a good 10, then he might shoot a nine.
“I knew that I had to shoot pretty quickly, because that would put the pressure on him, as if it was a good shot, the audience would cheer and he would hear it. So I tried to shoot before him and shoot a good 10, and it worked.”
Ukraine's Andrii Doroshenko took the bronze in an event that saw two world records smashed. South Korea’s Jinho Park broke a qualification world record with 626.8 and helped his country to break the team record of 1853.9.
In the R2 (women’s 10m standing SH1) final, Vadovicova looked controlled as she claimed her first title.
After qualifying comfortably in first position, she lived up to her favourite’s tag with a strong performance in the final.
She was pushed all the way however by Turkey’s Cagla Bas, who was actually leading with five shots to go.
But Vadovicova’s class shone through in the final stages, as she consistently shot around the 10 mark, including an impressive 10.5 with her final effort to claim the title.
Bas took silver - a superb achievement after finishing 28th in the event at the last World Championships - whilst South Korea’s Yunri Lee claimed the bronze.
Although no British athlete won a medal in the R2 (women’s 10m standing SH1), the team did set a new qualification team record scoring 1215.9
Ukraine’s Kovalchuk took gold in the R9 (mixed 50m rifle prone SH2) scoring 621.0 with consistent shooting.
Posted by Thom Erik Syrdahl
Source - IPC Website
Posted by Thom Erik Syrdahl
Source - IPC Website
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