People’s Republic of China’s national anthem was played at today’s 50m Rifle Three Positions women event, at the ISSF World Cup in Changwon, as the Chinese rifle team secured gold, silver and bronze thanks to YIN Wen, WAN Xiangyan and WANG Chengyi.
YIN Wen, who had won gold at yesterday’s 10m Air Rifle women event, led the match with ease, entering the final round with a safe advantage of 7 points on her followers. Shooting a consistent final of 98.2 points, she secured gold with 685.2 points (587+98.2).
The 2007 World Cup Final winner never jeopardize her leadership, gaining tenths on her followers shot after shot displaying self-confidence. She had already climbed Changwon’s podium in 2003, when she had won a Silver medal at the world cup stage held here that year.
YIN’s teammate WAN Xiangyan grabbed silver after an intense final round. The 22-year shooter, who has only competed in a few world cup stages so far, struggled at the beginning of the match and shot in the eights more then once.
Dropped in last place, she fired a decisive 10.9 on her 8th competition shot, climbing up the scoreboard and finishing in second place to finish on the podium between YIN and WANG with a total score of 676.8 points (580+96.8).
Athens’s Olympic Bronze medallist WANG Chengyi, back in an ISSF world cup final round after missing since 2007, shot neck and neck with her teammate WAN, loosing the second place she had gained throughout the qualification on the very last shot. After firing a disappointing 9.5, she landed in third place with a total score of 676.6 points (582+94.6), only two tenths of a point behind her teammate WAN.
The two Indian teammates Meena KUMARI and Lajja GAUSWAMI, 25 and 20 years old, both at their first experience in an ISSF world cup final round, placed in fourth and fifth place, tricked by their last shots after they had been duelling for Bronze throughout the previous nine shots.
Sydney’s Olympic Bronze medallist Maria FEKLISTOVA, coming back after missing from the highest ISSF rankings since a few years, made into the final passing through a shoot-off and finished in sixth place. Following her, Malaysia’s Shahera RAHIM RAJA finished in seventh, and Silvia GUIGNARD SCHNYDER from Switzerland in eighth place.
Published on 13 Apr 2009
50m Rifle 3 Position W – Gold, Silver and Bronze to China.
Marco Dalla Dea
YIN Wen won her second gold medal of this ISSF World Cup Stage in Changwon, contributing to the huge successes of the Chinese rifle team that placed three athletes on the podium.
