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Matsuda shoots to pistol gold, Zhang ends up third

WORLD champion Tomoyuki Matsuda overcame poor shooting in the final to win the World Cup 50-meter pistol title on the London Olympics range at Royal Artillery Barracks yesterday.

Matsuda shot the worst score in the eight-man final, but the seven-point lead he enjoyed after qualifying was enough for the Japanese to earn his third World Cup in the discipline in the past year.

"I did not shoot my best final here, luckily I had a big head-start," Matsuda said.

"The lights in the final hall are quite strong. I did not expect that. Now that I know, I will be prepared in July, come Games time."

Vladimir Isakov of Russia, the bronze medalist at the last two Olympics, posted the best score in the final to win the silver with 663.2 points, trailing Matsuda's 664.8. Isakov also won silver in the 10m air pistol on Friday. Matsuda, also the world champion at 10m, was 15th.

Zhang Tian of China won bronze for his first World Cup 50m medal in seven years, four-tenths of a point ahead of Olympic titleholder Jin Jong-oh of South Korea.



 

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