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Persistent Penny Shows Olympic Promise
Tokyo Olympic Games team member, Penny Smith, gained an important psychological edge over New Zealand’s 2016 Rio Olympic Games silver medallist, Natalie Rooney, when winning the Queensland Clay Target Association’s women’s Trap final in a shoot-off in Brisbane today.
After the scores were tied at 42-all after 50 targets, Smith prevailed 2-1 in a tense shoot-off to claim the gold medal over her Kiwi Tokyo Olympic Games rival, with Queensland’s Stephanie Pile (33 targets) taking the bronze medal.
Earlier, Smith and Rooney were engaged in another shoot-off to determine the highest bib number for the final after they both shot 113 from 125 qualifying targets.
South Australia's Jack Rossiter turned the tables on his Tokyo Olympic Games team-mate, Dane Sampson, when capturing the Open 50m Rifle 3 Positions gold.
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Evglevski wrecks Repacholi’s triple gold party
Sergei Evglevski spoiled the weekend birthday celebrations of his Tokyo Olympic Games team-mate, Dan Repacholi, when capturing the men’s 10m Air Pistol gold medal on the third and final day of the Brisbane Cup Rifle and Pistol Championship at the Brisbane International Shooting Centre today.
Repacholi, who turned 39 yesterday, appeared destined for his third gold medal of the Championship, after winning the Mixed 10m Air Pistol teams event and the 50m Pistol final, when comfortably topping the 10m Air Pistol morning qualification round.
However, in the final, it was Evglevski who rose to the top tallying 238.3 points to outlast Repacholi (237.3 points) and ACT’s Thomas Ashmore (213.4).
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Dina’s gold medal double sets her Tokyo bound
Tokyo Olympic Games pistol team member, Dina Aspandiyarova, completed a confidence boosting gold medal double on day one of the Brisbane Cup Pistol and Rifle competition at the Brisbane International Shooting Centre today.
Aspandiyarova, a Brisbane local, used her home range experience to her advantage when winning the individual 10m Air Pistol and the Mixed 10m Air Pistol Pairs where she teamed-up alongside NSW’s four-time Olympian, Dan Repacholi.
Aspandiyarova will be attending her fourth Olympic Games in Tokyo having represented Australia at the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Olympics after winning selection for her native Kazakhstan at the Sydney 2000 Olympics.