50m Rifle 3 Positions Men – Emmons wins his second consecutive title
Matthew EMMONS won his second World Cup Final in the 50m Rifle Three Position Men event by leading the match since the first shot. Wearing Gold he announced “I am going to become father!”. The Olympic medallists of Beijing struggled today, ending out of the podium.
Matthew EMMONS of the USA won the ISSF World Cup Final in the 50m Rifle Three Position Men event for the second consecutive year. The American champion entered the final round in first place with 1171 points and secured Gold after a battled final with a total score of 1269.0 points.
“There must be something with this shooting range!” said EMMONS right after the match. The shooter had already won two ISSF World Cup Finals on the lines of the shooting range of Bangkok, in 2004 and 2007 “This match closed a long season – continued EMMONS – now I am going to take a few time off from shooting. Katerina, my wife, is pregnant! I am going to become father!” announced Matthew smiling.
Silver went to the 2008 Olympic Champion of the 50m Rifle Prone Men event, the 35-year old Ukrainian shooter Artur AIVAZIAN, who finished in second with a total score of 1265.7 points. The Ukrainian shooter won the duel for Silver against the 2004 Olympic Champion JIA Zhanbo of China, who shot himself in third place by firing a frustrating last shot of 6.8 points.
The 50m Rifle Three Positions Men final did not turn in favour of the Olympic protagonists of Beijing 2008. The Olympic champion QUI Jian of China struggled during the qualification and could not qualify for the final round, closing the competition in 10th place with 1154 points. The Olympic Silver medallist, the 40-year old Jury SUKHORUKOV of Ukraine closed the match in eighth place, while Beijing’s Bronze Rajmond DEBEVEC of Slovenia finished in fourth place, only a few tenths far from the Bronze position.
