Jamie Beyerle Claims Silver in Women’s 3-Position Rifle at World Cup Milan
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 27, 2008) – Jamie Beyerle (Lebanon, Pa.) took home the silver medal today in Women’s 3-Position Rifle at the 2008 ISSF Rifle/Pistol World Cup in Milan, Italy.
Beyerle, who qualified for the 2008 U.S. Olympic team in Women’s 3-Position just last week, entered the final in second place with a qualification score of 587 points. Beyerle fired excellent scores of 10.0, 10.8 and 10.4 in her final three shots to finish with a final score of 98.7 and an overall score of 685.7 points to secure the silver medal.
Germany’s Sonja Pfeilschifter, who is coming off a double victory at the World Cup in Munich last week, started the final in third place with 587 points and claimed the gold after shooting a final score of 100.6 for a total of 687.6 points. Pfeilschifter also won the Women’s 10m Air Rifle event at the Milan World Cup just two days ago, setting a new World Record.
Kristina Vestveit of Norway, who entered the final in first place with a qualification score of 588 finished with the bronze medal after shooting a final score of 97.3 for a total of 685.3.
Chinese shooter Wu Liuxi took fourth place with 685.1, while Olga Dovgun of Kazakhstan, finished in fifth place with 683.4 and China’s Du Li finished in the sixth spot with a total of 682.7 points. Ukraine’s Natallia Kalnysh took seventh place with 681.8 and Kamila Krawczyk of Poland finished in eighth place with 678.4 points.
Competition at the World Cup Milan continues Wednesday with the Men’s Rapid Fire Pistol final will conclude on May 29 with the Men’s 50m Prone Rifle final as well as the Men’s 50m Free Pistol final.
For complete World Cup Milan results, please visit the following link on ISSF TV’s website: http://www.issf.tv/issftv_table.aspx?mo ... se=results
Jamie Beyerle Claims Silver in Women’s 3P Rifle at Milan WC
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