Usual suspects Jiri Privratsky and Sagen Maddalena won medals again on the ISSF World Cup circuit, claiming victories in the men's and women's 50m rifle 3 positions finals in Lima, Peru.
The Czech Privratsky held his nerve to win the men's title, finishing with a total of 462.8, ahead of Henrik Larsen from Norway on 461.6. The pair had the early advantage following the kneeling section, before Hungarian Istvan Peni - a winner in Buenos Aires - took the lead after the prone round, followed by Larsen and Privratsky and a gap to the others.
While they streaked ahead, Alexander Schmirl from Austria and Kazakhstan's Islam Satpayev exited in seventh and eighth, before Fabio Paul Wyrsch of Switzerland and Zhao Wenyu of China ended their competition in fifth and sixth. China's Lin Feng, now far behind the front three, finished fourth.
Meanwhile, Privratsky retook the lead with a score of 10.3 in the first elimination shot, moving him in front of Larsen and Peni, who could only muster marks of 8.0 and 9.1. While Peni struggled to score 10 or over and could only finish third, the Norwegian kept himself in contention. Even with consistent scoring, the Czech was in solid form and remained in front to win his 10th World Cup gold medal.
Privratsky, after the final said: "The competition was tough for sure. Both of the guys [Larsen and Peni] were shooting really well, so it was a strong final and I had to fight for it but luckily it ended well for me."
The Czech Privratsky held his nerve to win the men's title, finishing with a total of 462.8, ahead of Henrik Larsen from Norway on 461.6. The pair had the early advantage following the kneeling section, before Hungarian Istvan Peni - a winner in Buenos Aires - took the lead after the prone round, followed by Larsen and Privratsky and a gap to the others.
While they streaked ahead, Alexander Schmirl from Austria and Kazakhstan's Islam Satpayev exited in seventh and eighth, before Fabio Paul Wyrsch of Switzerland and Zhao Wenyu of China ended their competition in fifth and sixth. China's Lin Feng, now far behind the front three, finished fourth.
Meanwhile, Privratsky retook the lead with a score of 10.3 in the first elimination shot, moving him in front of Larsen and Peni, who could only muster marks of 8.0 and 9.1. While Peni struggled to score 10 or over and could only finish third, the Norwegian kept himself in contention. Even with consistent scoring, the Czech was in solid form and remained in front to win his 10th World Cup gold medal.
Privratsky, after the final said: "The competition was tough for sure. Both of the guys [Larsen and Peni] were shooting really well, so it was a strong final and I had to fight for it but luckily it ended well for me."
Sagen Maddalena won her first World Cup goldThe American Maddalena won her first World Cup gold to add to her Olympic silver medal from Paris, finishing with a total of 463.3 to Jeanette Hegg Duestad on 461.4.
Duestad and Maddalena were among the front runners from the start, along with Sara Karasova of Czechia and Sheileen Waibel from Austria. Waibel would fall away as the standing section started and even fell behind a slow starting Veronika Blazickova, Karasova's compatriot. Much like the men's final, the women's final saw a gap grow to the top three as a result.
Maddalena's bright start in the standing section put a gap between her and the Norwegian and Czech athletes. Karasova's back-to-back scores under nine denied her a chance of fighting for gold, taking the bronze instead - her first career World Cup medal. Duestad's gap to Maddalena was too large, but her silver was her 16th World Cup podium.
Behind Blazickova and Waibel, Kazakhstan's Yelizaveta Bezrukova, Geovana Meyer of Brazil and India's Shriyanka Sadangi completed the field.
You can find all results and information from the Lima ISSF World Cup here.
Duestad and Maddalena were among the front runners from the start, along with Sara Karasova of Czechia and Sheileen Waibel from Austria. Waibel would fall away as the standing section started and even fell behind a slow starting Veronika Blazickova, Karasova's compatriot. Much like the men's final, the women's final saw a gap grow to the top three as a result.
Maddalena's bright start in the standing section put a gap between her and the Norwegian and Czech athletes. Karasova's back-to-back scores under nine denied her a chance of fighting for gold, taking the bronze instead - her first career World Cup medal. Duestad's gap to Maddalena was too large, but her silver was her 16th World Cup podium.
Behind Blazickova and Waibel, Kazakhstan's Yelizaveta Bezrukova, Geovana Meyer of Brazil and India's Shriyanka Sadangi completed the field.
You can find all results and information from the Lima ISSF World Cup here.