10M AIR PISTOL DEFINE FOUR OLYMPIC SPOTS THIS SUNDAY
Four places for Paris 2024! This Sunday, the 10m Air Pistol will meet four more athletes qualified for the Olympic Games at the ISSF Final Olympic Qualification Championship Rifle / Pistol, which is being held at the Military Shooting Sports Center (Olympic Shooting Center), in Rio de Janeiro. The women’s race will start at 9:30 am Brasília, while the men’s race starts at 11 am. The finals will be broadcast live on the YouTube channel of Team Brasil, ISSF and NSPORTS.
Of the eight finalists in the women’s race, only Elmira Karapetyan, from Armenia (third place in the classification phase), is guaranteed in Paris. The other seven athletes remain in contention: Mariami Prodiashvili (Georgia), Annabelle Pioch (France), Veronika Major (Hungary), Kamonlak Saencha (Thailand), Palak Palak (India), Sainyam Sainyam (India) and Nigar Nasirova (Azerbaijan).
In the men’s category, the promise of a balanced final. Only four points separated the eight finalists who are in the Olympic fight: Philipp Grimm (Germany), Dzemesch Uladzislau, Viktor Bankin (Ukraine), Valeriy Rakhimzhan (Kazakhstan), Lee Daemyung (Korea), Dikec Yusuf (Turkey), Federico Maldini (Italy) and Kim Cheongyong (Korea).
The ISSF Final Olympic Qualification Championship Rifle / Pistol is organized by CBTE in partnership with the Ministry of Sports and the supported of the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB), the Brazilian Army, the ISSF, Taurus Armas and Connect Tourism.
Photo: Fabi Carvalho
