Rifle: Campriani Places Eighth in Prone
Nicco Campriani (Italy) made his second final appearances of the Games and finished eighth overall with a final total of 697.6. The Florence native was one of nine shooters to shoot 595 (100-99-99-99-98-100) in the qualification round. With five spots remaining in the final, he earned the No. 6 seed with a 51.7 mark in the shoot off. Campriani shot 102.6 in the final. The 2011 NCAA air rifle champion, Campriani’s finish today follows his Silver-medal finish in the men’s 10m air rifle on July 30. Today’s final appearance was not a lock for Campriani, as he once considered dropping the event to concentrate on the men’s 50m rifle 3 position competition, set for Aug. 6. He is ranked No. 1 in the world in that event. Eric Uptagrafft (USA), a 20-year member of the US National Team and the 1993 NCAA smallbore champion, entered the match ranked No. 6 in the world but just missed qualifying for the shoot off, as he finished 16th with a 594 (98-98-100-98-100-100) total. Today’s match was his only Olympic event of the 2012 Games. Hammond (Great Britain) made his debut at the London Games today and finished 17th overall with a total of 593 (99-100-98-99-98-99). Competing in the second Olympics of his career, Hammond, a native of Aberdeen, Scotland, was tops among the Great Britain shooters. Sergei Martynov of Belarus scored a perfect 600 in the event’s qualification, an Olympic record, and 105.5 in the final for a 705.5 total, a world record. Martynov, shooting in his fifth Games, did not miss a bull’s eye during the final and shot one perfect 10.9. Belgium’s Lionel Cox won Silver with a total of 701.2, shooting 599 in the qualification and 102.2 in the final. Rajmond Debevec of Slovenia shot 596 in the qualification and 105.0 in the final for a 701.0 total, good enough for the Bronze medal. Campriani and Hammond will each shoot in the men’s 3 position on Monday. The event final is scheduled for 8:40 a.m. ET. Rising WVU senior Petra Zublasing (Italy) returns to the range tomorrow for the women’s 50m rifle 3 position. A link to the live event final, scheduled for 7:35 a.m. ET, can be found HERE. |
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