LIMA, April 13 (Xinhua) — China’s Olympic 10m air pistol combined group champion Jiang Ranxin claimed her first World Cup victory within the ladies’s 10m air pistol occasion on the ISSF World Cup in Lima, Peru, on Thursday.
Jiang, who additionally secured a bronze within the particular person occasion on the Tokyo Olympics, positioned second in each qualification and rating matches after Klaudia Bres of Poland.
The gold medal match appeared one-sided when Jiang took a 10-2 lead, however the 2019 European champion Bres made a robust comeback, successful the following 5 photographs to show the fortune round at 12-10. Jiang regained her type to take the gold medal level at 14-12 earlier than sealing the victory with a formidable 10.5 to Bres’ 10.2.
China’s 18-year-old Zhao Nan, who gained three silver medals on the junior world championships final 12 months, earned a bronze in her senior worldwide competitors debut.
In the boys’s 10m air pistol competitors, China’s Zhang Bowen overcame a mediocre efficiency within the qualification to ebook a remaining conflict with Damir Mikec however was defeated by the Serbian veteran 16-10 within the gold medal match. Ismail Keles of Turkey claimed the bronze.
The Lima World Cup will proceed on Friday with 10m air rifle and air pistol combined group golds up for grabs.