ISSF

Published on 13 Apr 2009

10m Air Pistol Women – TONG on the highest step of the podium

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Marco Dalla Dea

People’s Republic of China’s TONG Xin secured gold at the 10m Air Pistol Women final, winning the second international medal of her career. She was followed by the competitive Korean shooter LEE, and by the expert Australian YAUHLEUSKAYA

TONG Xin from the People’s Republic of China, won the 10m Air Pistol Women final at the ISSF world cup in rifle and pistol events in Changwon, Korea. Entering the final round in the lead with the highest qualification score, she finished in first with a total of 489.4 points (388+101.4). The 26-year old pistol shooter seldom competes in world cup stages, but when she does it she is used to finish on the podium. She had indeed already won an ISSF medal here in Changwon, where she had won a silver at the world cup stage held here in 2005.

Supported by a crowded final hall, LEE Ho Lim of Korea could not make it to the highest step of the podium. The 20-year old shooter entered the final round with one point of disadvantage from the qualification’s leader TONG, and the ten final shots where not enough to fill the gap. LEE finished in second place with an overall score of 488.3 point (387+101.3), securing silver, her second medal within the ISSF World Cup Series frame (she had won a gold medal at the world cup held in Milan in 2005).

Bronze went to the Australian shooter Lalita YAUHLEUSKAYA, probably the most experienced shooter competing in today’s match.  The four-time Olympian finished in third place with a total score of 487.8 points (386+101.8), missing to catch up Korea’s LEE by five tenths of a point.

Kazakhstan’s Zauresh BAIBUSSINOVA shot a final of 99.6 points, climbing from the eight place to the fourth, where she placed with 482.6 (383+99.6). LEE Pei Ching of Chinese Taipei closed the final round in fifth place with 482.3 points, preceding Japan’s Yoko INADA (sixth with 480.5 points), and Korea’s KIM Byung Hee (seventh with 479.7 points). The second Chinese finalist WU Yan, winner of yesterday’s 25m Pistol Women Final, placed eighth with 478.7 points.