Jeanette Hegg Duestad recorded the highest score in the women’s 300m Rifle 3 Positions competition at the ISSF World Championship Cairo 2026 on Saturday, finishing with 588-22x. Switzerland’s Marta Szabo Bouza and Anja Bachmann-Senti followed in second and third place, respectively.
The event did not meet the minimum participation requirements to be conducted as an official World Championship event. Consequently, no official World Championship titles or medals are awarded, and the results are not included in the championship’s medal standings.
Duestad put together a consistent performance across all three positions, scoring 195 in kneeling, 199 in prone and 194 in standing to finish with the highest total of the competition.
Szabo Bouza recorded 584-16x to finish second, with 197 in kneeling, 195 in prone and 192 in standing. Her Swiss teammate Bachmann-Senti followed with 583-19x, including a perfect 200 in prone, to complete the top three.
Norway’s Jenny Vatne recorded the fourth-highest score with 581-18x, ahead of Switzerland’s Michele Bertschi, who finished on 581-15x. Poland’s Karolina Romanczyk also scored 581 points, placing sixth with 12 inner tens.
Great Britain’s Seonaid McIntosh finished seventh with 580-23x, followed by Germany’s Anita Mangold on 579-15x and Austria’s Jasmin Kitzbichler on 578-14x.
The women’s competition took place at Egypt’s International Olympic City as part of the ISSF World Championship 300m Rifle Cairo 2026, which runs from 15 to 20 October.