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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.

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.