Munkhbayar DORJSUREN won her second 2009 World Cup series medal by leading the 25m Pistol Women final match at the world cup stage of Milan. The German shooter preceded on the podium China’s YUAN and Australia’s YAUHLEUSKAYA.
Beijing’s Olympic Bronze medallist Munkhbayar DORJSUREN, shooting for Germany, won the 25m Pistol Women event at the ISSF World Cup stage in Milan, Italy, with 789.9 (589+200.9) points.
DORJSUREN, 39, secured her second medal of the season, following the Bronze won in Munich last week. The German athlete can be considered an expert of the Milan’s shooting range: here DORJSUREN has won five different ISSF World Cup Gold medals, two Silvers and one Bronze, in the last 12 years.
Managing the 5-point qualification’s head start she had, DORJSUREN kept behind her the Chinese shooter YUAN Jing, who finished in second place.
In spite of shooting the highest score in the final round (205.4 points), the 22-year old Chinese shooter finished in second securing Silver with a score of 789.4 points, due to a lower qualification score of 584 points. She had won Gold at the third world cup stage of the year in Munich, Germany.
Lalita YAUHLEUSKAYA of Australia secured today’s Bronze medal by climbing thanks to an excellent final round of 205.2 points. The 45-year old athlete won today’s medal with a total score of 785.2 (580+205.2) points, securing her second podium following the Silver medal she won at April’s world cup stage of Beijing.
The 1988 Olympic Champion, Georgia’s Nino SALUKVADZE placed in fourth with 783.9 (584+199.9), preceding the 2004 Olympic Silver medallist Lenka MARUSKOVA who placed in fifth with 782.7 (581+ 201.7) points.
The 28-year old Spanish shooter Sonia FRANQUET placed in sixth by outdoing 52.8 to 50.2 points Bulgaria’s Maria GROZDEVA in a shoot-off.
World Cup 25m Pistol Women, Dorjsuren
Today’s 25m Pistol Women final turned out to be a close neck and neck fight between Beijing’s Olympic Bronze medallist Munkhbayar DORJSUREN of Germany and the three Chinese teammates YUAN and ZHAO.
Gold and Silver to China
China gained two medals at today’s 25m Pistol Women at the 2009 ISSF World Cup stage in all events in Munich, Germany. The Asian country keeps on surprising the shooting experts, presenting young shooters who win world level competitions in spite of their lack of experience.
The 22-year old pistol shooter YUAN Jing, who had shot a fifth place at the first ISSF World Cup sage of the year in Chanwon (KOR), finished today’s match in first winning the first medal of her international career.
The young Chinese shooter overtook with ease the qualification leader, the home shooter Munkhbayar Dorjusuren of Germany, claiming Gold with a total score of 793.0 (588+205.0) points.
Yuan was followed in second by her 21-year old teammate ZHAO Xu, winner of the second World Cup stage of the 2009 season in Beijing. The young athlete shot the Silver medal climbing form the eighth place on the start list thanks to an impressive final of 207.0 points, for a total score of 789.0 (582+207.0) points.
Bronze to Beijing’s Olympic medallist Dorjsuren
The German shooter Munkhbayar DORJSUREN, 39-year old, did not shoot her best match, today. She had entered the final round in first place with a qualification score of 589.0 points, taking advantage of her home range, but she did not held the leadership further then the first final series.
Her slight one-point head start did not place her in a safe position, and she slid down in second and then in third place by scoring two disappointing final series.
Dorjsuren eventually landed in third place and grabbed Bronze with a total score of 788.4 (589+199.4) points
Spain’s Sonia FRANQUET, 28-year old, finished in fourth place with a total score of 786.6 (583+203.6) points, shooting her best world cup placement ever in this shooting event. Her best placement, so far, had been a sixth place at the 2005 ISSF World Cup stage in Fort Benning, USA.
The third Chinese finalist, WU Jan, 30-year old, Gold medallist of the 2009 ISSF World Cup in Changwon, finished in fifth place with 785.9 (584+201.9) points. She was followed by the 1988 Olympic Champion and 2008 Olympic medallist Nino SALUKVADZE of Georgia, who closed the round in sixth place with 785.6 (582+203.6) points.
World Cup 25m Pistol Women
China’s WU Yan won the 25m Pistol Women final at the ISSF World Cup in Changwon, Korea. The 30-year old Chinese athlete shot gold with a total score of 790.5 points (586+204.5), taking over the Kazakh Yuliya BONDAREVA, who had started the final on the lead after the qualifications.
WU had only competed once in the frame of the ISSF World Cup Series in 2003, when she had finished in fourth at a world cup stage held here in Changwon.
Silver went to Yuliya BONDAREVA of Kazakhstan. The two times Olympian had shot a good qualification of 589 points, finishing in first on the final’s start list, but then she struggled in the four final series, sliding in second with a total score of 788.9 points (589+199.9).
Bronze was secured by the 27-year old German shooter Stefanie THURMANN, who cried of joy right after the last shot: she had never won a world-level medal before. The German athlete shot her last award at the 2001 European Championships of Zagreb, where she had grabbed a junior Silver medal. Today she played an excellent final round and climbed up the scoreboard from the fifth place she had on the start line. She closed the final with a total of 787.2 points (582+205.2).
The 1988 Olympic Bronze medallist of Seoul, Serbia’s Jasna SEKARIC, shot the highest final of 205.7 points, but she could not go further then the 4th place due to a lower qualification score of 581 points.
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