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The ISSF President Olegario Vazquez Raña welcomed the IOC President Jacques Rogge at the Youth Olympics’ shooting range.

“It has been a great final, with real drama and emotions!” said the IOC President Jacques Rogge after the 10m Air Rifle Women Junior final, while following the award ceremony form the spectators’ tribune together with the ISSF President Olegario Vazquez Raña.

“There’s a good atmosphere, here at the shooting venue! – Continued the IOC President – This new shooting range is going to be used by the Singapore Sport Schools also after the Games, so I am sure that it is going to be a good legacy for the future of the shooting sport in Singapore.”

“These Games were a great success. The organization has been very good. The athletes have been competing in fair play and at an outstanding level.”

“I am most pleased by the media coverage, – added Dr. Rogge, – both by traditional media and by the new media. We had more than 1000 journalists following the event on site, and more then 5 millions videos played on YouTube!”

The ISSF President, Mr. Olegario Vazquez Raña, closed the shooting competitions at the Singapore Sport School thanking the volunteers and the range officials together with the ISSF Technical Delegate for this competition, Carlos Silva Monterroso.

“Singapore’s Youth Olympic Games has been a great competition. In spite of being the first edition of this new competition, the results and the organization were excellent!” said the ISSF President Olegario Vazquez Raña.

“The Shooting Sport competitions run perfectly, and our shooters reached excellent results,” the President continued.

“The ISSF enjoys excellent relationships with all the members of the International Olympic Committee – added the ISSF President – We received today the visit of the IOC President Jacques Rogge and of the IOC Vice-President Thomas Bach, and we can see once again that the Shooting Sport received great support from the International Olympic Committee.”

Korea’s young athletes finished atop of the Youth Olympic Games shooting medal standings, beating China and Ukraine.

It must have been a nice surprise for the Korean team coach Lee Yong Jae. Before the Games, had been aiming to collect a Bronze, he said. But after his athletes collected three medals, finishing atop of the shooting sport Youth Olympics’ medal standings, he paid tribute to their dedication in training.

“They really concentrate during their trainings,” Mr. Lee said. “Yes, they are under a lot of pressure, but they got their rewards according to the efforts that they’ve put in and I’m really happy about it!”

Starting with the Gold medal won by Kim Jang Mi in the 10m Air Pistol Women Junior event, passing through the Bronze secured by Choi Daehan in the 10m Air Pistol Men Junior event, to finish with the Gold medal won on the last competition, the 10m Air Rifle Women Junior, by Go Dowon, Korea left few chances to his opponents, finishing in first place with a total of three medals.

The People’s Republic of China finished in second place, with one Gold and one Silver medals, won by Gao Ting Jie at the 10m Air Rifle Men Junior event and by Fang Xue in the 10 Air Pistol Women Junior event, respectively.

Team Ukraine grabbed the third place, with one Gold and one Bronze, won by Denys Kushnirov in the 10m Air Pistol Men Junior event and by Serhiy Kulish in the 10m Air Rifle Men Junior event.

The medal standings:

Go Dowon won Korea’s second Youth Olympics Gold medal in shooting events, securing the highest step of the podium at the last shot.

Korea’s Go Dowon snatched the last Shooting Sport gold medal on the lines of the Singapore Sport School at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games as she won the 10m Air Rifle Women Junior event today.

Go, who had made it into the final round in second place with a qualification score of 397 points, jumped atop of the standings after scoring 10.4 with her second shot, also taking advantage of mistake of the qualification’s leader, who fired a frustrating 8.1 on her first competition shot.

Go’s brilliant last two shots, a 10.6 and a 10.7, clinched victory with a total score of 500.1 (397+103.1) points.

“It’s great to be on this podium! I will try my best to succeed in other international competitions, as my dream is to participate in the Olympic Games!” the young Korean shooter said after the award ceremony.

“I wasn’t expecting this result, — continued Korean athlete, speaking about today’s final, — I was very nervous from the beginning and it didn’t ease off, so it was quite difficult because I was constantly nervous.”

Gabriela Vognarova of the Czech Republic took the silver medal with a total of 498.6 points. The Czech was tied with Go after both recorded a score of 9.9 with their first shots of the final, and she wrapped up a great performance with a 10.8 on her 10th and final shot, ending up on the second step of the podium with a total score of 498.6 (397+101.6) points.

“Between the qualification round and the final I was singing songs,” she said. “I do it a lot, because it helps me calm down. I sing whatever comes into my head. Today, I was singing disco!”

Jasmin Mischler of Switzerland claimed bronze with an overall of 498.1 (395+103.1) points after a tense battle for third against Germany’s Yvonne Schlotterbeck, the qualification’s leader. The 18-year old Swiss shooter came through in her last four shots to secure her position on the podium with three tenths of advantage on her opponents. “I didn’t even expect to win a bronze medal but my strategy was to just fight to the end,” the 18-year-old said.

Today’s turned out to be an unlucky final for Germany’s Yvonne Schlotterbeck. The 17-year old shooter, usually competing in small bore international competition, gave her best during the qualification rounds.

Shooting in the lead since the first series, the German athlete nailed a 39 tens, missing then the world record of 400 out of 400 points by one point, as she fired a 9 on her last qualification shot.

Entering the final round in the lead with 399 points, Schlotterbeck wasted her two-point head start on her very first final shot, by firing a frustrating 8.1 which eventually relegated her in fourth place with a total score of 497.8 (399+98.8) points.

“My first five shots were bad but my next five were better. I’m a bit sad to come fourth, because I was in first place,” the young German shooter said.

Her coach, Claudia Kulla (GER), said her young charge had shown what she was capable of in the qualification.

“I think what happened in the final was simply due to lack of experience. She has never been in such a big final,” Kulla said. “In the qualification, she was the queen of hearts and showed she was a master of discipline and patience.”

“But no worries” the coach said. Experience will come with the years, and it’s now time for Yvonne to compete for a spot in the Olympic Games.

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A medal to wear, a present for his beloved one, and an energizing handshake with his idol Sergey Bubka, these were the ingredients of Denys Kushnirov’s greatest day.

Winning a Youth Olympic Gold it’s an outstanding achievement by itself. But if at the same time you also meet your idol, and find the right birthday present for your girlfriend, well, there are good chances that the day it’s going to turn into the best of your life.

This is what Denys Kushnirov probably though after winning today’s 10m Air Pistol Men event at the Youth Olympic Games of Singapore, while dedicating the title to his beloved one.

“This is for Anastasia. My girlfriend!” the 17-year old from Dnipropetrovsk said kissing the Gold medal. “Yesterday it was her birthday. I could not get a better present for her than this victory!”

Kushnirov always wears a silver ring on his right hand which Anastasia gave him, and the right-handed marksman never parts with it, switching it to his left hand when he holds his air pistol.

He had to fight to get on the highest step of the podium, today. Qualified with 578 points, he walked into the final round in the lead, but had to defend his first place from Brazil’s Felipe Almeida Wu, following him a few tens of a point behind.

Totalizing 98.3 points throughout the ten-shot final round, Kushnirov eventually secured the Youth Olympic Champion title with a total score of 676.3 points, leaving his opponents just 0.3 points behind him.

“It has been difficult, but I knew I could make it!” said Kushnirov, who had already proved his skills a few months ago, by winning the European Championship in Meraker “My next aim? The London Olympic Games! I want to go there and win!”

As Ukraine’s National anthem was fading out, the best surprise walked into the hall: Sergey Bubka, Ukraine’s most successful sportsman, a pole vault legend chosen as Athlete Role Model by the IOC, came to shake Kushnirov hand.

“Sergey Bubka is my idol! I am so happy and honoured that he came to see me after the final!” Kushnirov said, at the end of the best day of his life.

“This is why the Youth Olympic Games are great. We have the chance to meet the champions of tomorrow!” Sergey Bubka said right after the final “It has been a tight and impressive match. I had to congratulate with the winner!”

The Silver medal went to Felipe Almeida Wu of Brazil, who closed in second place with a total score of 676.0 (576+100.0) points. Following him, the Korean ace Choi Daehan landed in third place grabbing the Bronze medal with 671.6 (571+100.6) points.

Today’s turned out to be an unlucky final for Czech Republic’s Jindrich Dubovy, who dropped from the third place down to the sixth, after firing a frustrating last shot of 8.6 points, leaving the fourth and the fifth places to Belarus’ Aliaksei Horbach and to Germany’s Philipp Kaefer, respectively.