Victor Bolorunduro
Doha
China dominated the men's 25m centre fire pistol event, winning both the individual and team gold, while host Qatar increased its medal haul to three at the ongoing 49th World Military Shooting Championships at the Losail Shooting Sports Complex on Wednesday.
At the end of the day's proceeding, the Chinese had a total of two gold and two bronze to stay in contention for the top of the table finish at the prestigious military shooting competition.
Jin Yongde was the hero of the day for the Chinese as he anchored his team, which include Zheng Gaor and Zhenxiang Xie, to victory in the team event after capturing for himself the individual gold. The silver medal in the individual event was won by Omkar Singh of India while Ung Hyon Kim of North Korea came third.
Host Qatar, with Oleg Engachev, Ivan Bidniak and Konstantin Maltsev on the range, shot their way to a bronze medal finish in the 25m centre fire pistol team event to take the country's tally to one silver and two bronze.
Just like in the previous two days, the third day of the six-day competition witnessed another record setting performance with the Norwegian team obliterating their own previous record of 1740 in the 300m standard rifle team event set at the 2015 championship in Korea.
The trio of Arne Odd Brekne, Boe Kristian Hans Wear and Aannestad Kim-Andre Lund shot their team to gold and glory with their 1745 score to push Switzerland, who had 1743, to the second position. Austria completed the podium finish, scoring 1731.
Hans Wear ensured another gold went into the kitty of Norway in the individual event of the same discipline with his 586 score. Denmark's Steffen Olsen grabbed the silver while another Norwegian Odd Brekne came third.
In the women's event, Germany made it three gold in three days with their top finish in the 25m pistol team event.
Michelle Skeries, Doreen Vennekamp and Sandra Hornung had a team score of 1732 to push Thailand to second while China claimed the third position.
For the 20-year-old Skeries, the bronze medalist at the 2016 Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany, finishing tops in Doha is a dream comes true.
"I'm happy to be a part of the gold-winning team here in Qatar. As a former junior shooter, winning at a bigger stage like this as boosted my confidence. I appreciate the performance of my team and our opponents as well. I believe this is the beginning of greater things to come," Skeries said.
Meanwhile, Thailand made it a one-two finish in 25m pistol individual women's event. Tanyaporn Prucksakorn secured the gold while her compatriot Pattarasuda Sowsa-Nga came on her heels in second. China's Yao Yushi completed the podium finish.
Posted by Thom Erik Syrdahl
Source - http://www.qatar-tribune.com/news-details/id/33594
Nenhum comentário:
Postar um comentário