Shooting Day 5 Preview: Grozdeva shoots for third Gold
(BEIJING, August 12) — Bulgaria’s Maria Grozdeva will be shooting for her third straight Olympic gold medal in the Women’s 25m Pistol at the Beijing Shooting Range on August 13.
Grozdeva will be seeking her sixth Olympic medal, having won gold medals in this event at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004, and bronze medals in the 10m Air Pistol at Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996 and Athens 2004.
The mother of three won a gold medal in the 25m Pistol at the 2008 World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a score of 787.0.
Other top shooters competing tomorrow include the Athens 2004 silver medalist, Lenka Maruskova of the Czech Republic and China’s Chen Ying and Fei Fengji.
Chen won every world title on offer in 2007 and will probably be Grozdeva’s top challenger.
Lalita Yauhleuskaya of Australia and Jasna Sekaric of Serbia, the top-ranked players in the world, will also compete in the qualification round.
