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Sampson breaks national record in gold medal winning performance
Queensland’s Dane Sampson broke his Australian National finals record for the 50m Rifle 3 Positions event for the second time in five weeks when winning the gold medal at the Target Rifle South Australia State Championships at the Wingfield Rifle Range in Adelaide today.
Sampson, a 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympian, bolstered his confidence for the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games when slashing his old Australian National finals record by 1.3 points when registering a winning score of 462.0 points.
Sampson outclassed South Australia’s Jack Rossiter (454.9 points) and Victoria’s Michael Davis (443.2 points) in an impressive display across the kneeling, prone and standing positions.
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Sampson looking to break clear on 10m Air Rifle leaderboard
Six points separate the top three competitors on the Open 10m Air Rifle Performance Series leaderboard going into the Target Rifle South Australia Championships at the Wingfield Rifle Range commencing tomorrow.
After six Open 10m Air Rifle Performance Series events to date, South Australia’s Jack Rossiter (95 points) holds a slender one point lead over Queensland’s Dane Sampson (94) and is six points clear of his sister Tori Rossiter (89).
Ironically, Sampson has yet to capture a 10m Air Rifle victory this year with the Rossiter siblings, South Australia’s Alex Hoberg, and Victorians Elise Collier and Michael Davis sharing top place on the medals podium.
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Dominant Dane records Rifle 3P hat-trick of wins
Queensland’s Dane Sampson continued his dominance in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions event when capturing the gold medal at the Target Rifle Victoria State Championships Performance Series Final this afternoon.
Sampson tallied 455.3 points to comfortably defeat South Australian siblings Jack Rossiter (451.6 points) by 3.7 points with his sister Tori Rossiter (436.6 points) collecting the bronze medal.
It was Sampson’s third straight Performance Series victory this season in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions event.
After opening with a strong kneeling series where he registered 152.6 points, Sampson extended his lead over Jack Rossiter by 5.8 points after the second stage prone section.
Tokyo Olympic Games team member, Alex Hoberg, held his nerve to snatch a last shot victory to capture the 10m Air Rifle gold medal at the Target Rifle.