GERMAN AND HUNGARIAN STAMP PASSPORT TO PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES
Josefin Eder, from Germany, and Veronika Major, from Hungary, secured their place at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The two athletes qualified for the Games by winning the gold and bronze medal, respectively, in the Women’s 25m Pistol final at the ISSF Final Olympic Qualification Championship Rifle / Pistol, in Rio de Janeiro. The silver medal went to Frenchwoman Camille Jedrzejewski, from France, who was already qualified for Paris, as well as Thu Vinh Trinh, from Vietnam (4th) and Haniyeh Rostamiyan, from Iran (5th).
The Olympic selection ends on Friday when the finals of the last three events will be played and six more places will be defined in the Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions (9:30am Brasília), Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Final (11:30am) and Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (2pm).
France leads the medal table with one gold and three silver (four in total). In second place is Norway with one gold, one silver and one bronze (3). Germany and Italy occupy third place with one gold and one bronze (2). Armenia, Serbia and Türkiye share fifth place with a gold medal.
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: Carol Bittencourt
