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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.

Event 50m RT Mixed Men, Individual, ISSF, Junior, Russia

Andersson claimed his second World Championship title, one year after his victory at the 2008 ISSF Running Target World Championsihp in Plzen. Ukraine’s Prianishnikov and Russia’s Romanov followed him in second and third place.

29-year old Emil ANDERSSON of Sweden shot his second, consecutive, World Champion title, winning the 10m Running Target Men Gold medal as he had done one year ago in Plzen. The Swedish Champion confirmed to be the best shooter of the world in this event, winning the two direct-elimination duels of the Medal Match with ease.

Anderson climbed through the Medal Match

ANDERSSON qualified for the Medal Match in third place, with a qualification score of 578 points, ranking behind Finland’s Krister HOLMBERG and Russia’s Dmitry ROMANOV. Tables turned through the medal match. ANDERSSON met the winner of the 10m Running Target Mixed Men event ROMANOV on his first duel, outdoing him 6 to 3 points.

Then, entering the Gold Match, the Swedish shooter gave his best, shattering Ukraine’s Vladyslav PRIANISHNIKOV 6 to 2 points and claiming the Gold medal. PRIANISHNIKOV, who had won Bronze last year in Plzen, was left the Silver medal.

Russia’s Romanov won the Bronze Match

The Russian shooter Dmitry ROMANOV won the Bronze match, securing his second medal of the week after the 10m Running Target Mixed Men Gold had won two days ago. ROMANOV, who had made it into the medal match with a qualification score of 579 points, was beaten by ANDERSSON in the first duel, but then outdid the home shooter Krister HOLMBERG 6 to 3 points, bringing back home the Bronze medal.

The Medal Match formula:

The “Medals Match” has been introduced for 10m Running Target Men and Women competitions since the beginning of the 2008 season. It is a further stage in the 10m events: after the regular competition, the four best shooters proceed to a direct-elimination competition to decide the podium placements.
The first qualified faces the fourth, the second faces the third. After every shot, the shooter who has scored the highest is awarded one point. The shooter with the higher score of the pair (1 versus 4, 2 versus 3) receives one point. The shooter who receives six points is the winner of the pair.
The two winners meet then for Gold and Silver in a further duel, while the two losers keep on shooting for Bronze.

Results:

Check the final results of the 10m Running Target Men event.

Event 10m RT Men, 2009 Running Target, Andersson, Azarenko, Event 10m Running Target Men, ISSF, Junior, Sweden, World Championship

Ukraine won three medals, monopolizing the podium of the 10m Running Target Women event after an intense medal match.

Ukraine celebrated three medals at today’s 10m Running Target Women competition, as the three Ukrainian teammates AVRAMENKO, YEVSEYENKO and ZABLOTINA won Gold, Silver and Bronze, leaving their Russian opponent STEPANOVA in fourth place.

Avramenko confirms her title.

Galina AVRAMENKO, 23, is not new to the World Championship spotlight. The young Ukrainian shooter had won also last year’s World Championship title, in Plzen. She finished today’s match with the highest qualification score of 384 points, and then led the “Medal Match” winning both the direct-elimination duels, securing her second, consecutive, title.

“It has not been easy. I did not start in the best way – said Avramenko right after the Medal Match – I always have troubles with finals, but then I settle down and everything went smoothly.”

“My next goal? Maybe I could set a new record! – said the Ukrainian Champion – Why not? I could try to shoot a full score of 400 points… we will see!”

The medal match – Ukraine left no chances to the others.

After the qualifications, three Ukrainian teammates made it to the “Medal Match” (a four-way direct-elimination round to decided the medals) together with the Russian shooter Olga Stepanova.

Galina AVRAMENKO met and beat her teammate Viktoriya ZABLOTINA 6 to 2 points in the first match. Entering the Gold Match, she duelled against the third Ukrainian shooter Tetyana YEVSEYENKO, outdoing her 6 to 5 points after a breathtaking neck and neck. With two victories out of two duels, AVRAMENKO secured Gold, leaving her teammate YEVSEYENKO the Silver.

At the same time, Viktoriya ZABLOTINA met the Russian shooter Olga STEPANOVA in a determinant Bronze match. The two athletes duelled right to the last shot, when STEPANOVA scored an unlucky 9.6 which could not stand ZABLOTINA’s 10.5.

While STEPANOVA was pushed down of the podium, 23-year old ZABLOTINA joined her teammates on a podium painted in yellow and blue, the colours of Ukraine.

The Medal Match formula:

The “Medals Match” has been introduced for 10m Running Target Men and Women competitions since the beginning of the 2008 season. It is a further stage in the 10m events: after the regular competition, the four best shooters proceed to a direct-elimination competition to decide the podium placements.
The first qualified faces the fourth, the second faces the third. After every shot, the shooter who has scored the highest is awarded one point. The shooter with the higher score of the pair (1 versus 4, 2 versus 3) receives one point. The shooter who receives six points is the winner of the pair.
The two winners meet then for Gold and Silver in a further duel, while the two losers keep on shooting for Bronze.

Results:

Check the final results of the 10m Running Target Women event.

Event 10m RT Women, 2009 Running Target, Avrameneko, Azarenko, Event 10m Running Target Men, ISSF, Junior, World Championship

Azarenko won his second Gold, and his team set a new Junior World Record. The 18-year old Russian shooter is now enlisted between the favourites of the 50 meter event.

Mikhail AZARENKO of Russia, won his second consecutive Gold medal at the 2009 ISSF Running Target World Championship in Heinola. The 18-year old shooter won today’s 10m Running Target Men Junior events with 578 points, leaving his opponents seven points behind him.

AZARENKO had won also yesterday’s 10m Running Target Mixed Men competition. The young athlete had walked into this World Championship as one of the favourite junior shooters, after winning two Gold at the 2008 RT World Championship in Plzen and two Gold medals at the 2009 European Championship in Osijek. The Russian champion is also one of the favourite of the 50 meters event, which will take place the 28th and the 29th of August.

The title defender finished in second.

Silver went to the title defender, the winner of last year’s ISSF World Championship in Plzen, Laszlo BOROS of Hungary. The 19-year old shooter finished in second with a total of 571 points, after shooting a Slow Run of 287 points and a Fast Run of 284 points. Climbing the scoreboard from the fourth position, BOROS overtook Russia’s Alexander NUMENKO, 18, who won Bronze (his first international medal) with a total of 563 points.

Russia shot Team Gold with a new World Record.

Placing two athletes on the podium, the Russian Federation also gained the Team Gold medal with an overall record score. Thanks to Mikhail AZARENKO, Alexander NUMENKO and Yuri DOVGAL (fourth in the individual competition), the Russian team totalized a Golden score of 1702 points, setting a new Junior World Record that shattered the previous record of 1698 points set by the Czech team in 2003.

Finland made it to the Team Podium.

The home team, Finland, made it to the Team Podium of the 10m Running Target Men Junior competition, winning Silver thanks to 1165 points scored by Marten WESTERLUND, Sami HEIKKILA and Tomi-Pekka HEIKKILA. This was the second medal won by the team, following yesterday’s 10m Running Target Mixed Men Junior Silver.

Ukraine secured today’s Team Bronze medal, scoring 1660 points with Igor MATSKEVYCH, Oleg SALAMAKHA and Lev ZAPOTICHNYY.

Results:

Check the results of the 10m Running Target Men Junior event.

Event 10m Running Target Men, 2009 Running Target, Azarenko, ISSF, Junior, World Championship

The same trio that had finished on the podium of yesterday’s 10m Running Target Mixed Women Junior competition, won today’s 10m Running Target Women Junior match. Next to the two Ukrainian teammates (Gold and Silver), Therese Holm of Norway secured the Bronze medal.

Gold and Silver to Ukraine.

Ukraine proved once again to be one of the leading countries in the Running Target discipline, placing two athletes on the podium, Valentyna GONCHAROVA and Liudmyla VASYLYUK, 18 and 19-year old respectively.

GONTCHAROVA won today’s Gold medal with 367 points, leaving no chances to her teammate VASYLYUK, who finished in second place winning Silver with a total of 362 points. The two temmates exchanged place on the podium: yesterday, VASYLYUK had won Gold and GONTCHAROVA the Silver medal.

Bronze to Norway’s Holm.

Bronze went to the 18-year old Norwegian shooter Therese HOLM, who won her second consecutive medal with a total of 354 points. After a Slow Run of 186 points, she suffered the Fast Run scoring 168 points. In spite of it, she overtook the Finnish shooter Micaela QVARNSTROM and the Ukrainian athlete Kateryna TSYGANENKO, finishing again on the podium after yesterday’s 10m Running Target Mixed Women Junior event.

Results:

Check the results of the 10m Running Target Women Junior event.

Event 10m RT Women, 2009 Running Target, ISSF, Junior, World Championship