12/04/2022
CROATIA AND GERMANY WON THE FIRST MEDALS IN THE ISSF WORLD CUP RIFLE / PISTOL RIO DE JANEIRO !
Croatian Peter Gorsa and German Anna Janssen won the gold medal in the Men’s and Women’s 10m Air Rifle, respectively. The competition is being played until next Monday (18th), at the Military Shooting Sport Centre (Olympic Shooting Centre-Rio2016).
In the final dispute of the Men’s 10m Air Rifle, Peter Gorsa, silver medalist at the 2019 World Cup, in Rio, beat Israeli Sergei Richter by 16-4, after opening a 14-0 lead. The bronze medal went to Croatian Miran Maricic. It is worth mentioning that in the qualifying phase, Gorsa finished in second place, with 630.1, behind his compatriot Maricic, who scored 630.3.
In the decision of the Women’s 10m Air Rifle, the German Anna Janssen beat the French Oceanne Muller by 17 to 7, after a more balanced start when she had the advantage of 8 to 4 and then 11 to 7. The bronze went to the Romanian Laura Georgeta Ilie. In the qualifiers, Janssen finished in eighth place, with 625.6 points, while Muller was seventh, with 627. The first place in the first phase went to the Serbian Teodora Vukojevic, with 631.1 points, who finished the competition in sixth place.
The competition continues this Tuesday, with the Men’s and Women’s Air Pistol races. Brazil will be represented by nine athletes: Adauto da Silveira, Felipe Wu, Ivo Rocha, Philipe Chateaubrian, Roberto Gomes, Anna Paula Cotta, Brenda Rodrigues, Cibele Breide and Thais Moura.
The ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol Rio de Janeiro is organized by the Brazilian Shooting Sport Confederation, with the support of the Brazil Olympic Committee, the Brazilian Army, the Companhia Brasileira de Cartuchos, the Sellier&Bellot and the ECOS Turismo.