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Russian sharpshooter olympics
Russian sharpshooter olympics








Russian athletes are competing under the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) flag at the Tokyo Olympics this year as part of sanctions for doping scandals. Georgian Nino Salukvadze, who became the first female athlete to compete in nine Olympics, finished her Tokyo campaign without a medal having failed to reach the final of both her pistol events. Rio champion Anna Korakaki of Greece came sixth.īulgaria's two-time Olympic champion Maria Grozdeva missed the cut, as did world champion Olena Kostevych of Ukraine. "The difference is that in the final, this is a Russian roulette," said Kostadinova, who had topped the qualifying rounds. "I was quite anxious but I had fun, I really enjoyed the competition."īulgarian Antoaneta Kostadinova, who had won the 10m silver behind Batsarashkina, finished just outside the medals, blaming it more on luck than anything else. "Potatoes sauteed by my mother," said the Korean, adding the feeling of winning silver was yet to sink in. Kim even revealed what she missed the most about home. Kim and China's Xiao Jiaruixuan, who claimed the bronze, shared that sentiment. "I am happy that the competition is over for me and I'll go home soon," said the shooter from Omsk, who also claimed a silver in the 10m air pistol mixed team event. While "excited" with the result, Batsarashkina's immediate reaction, however, was of homesickness.

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Kim led early but the Russian rallied to level the scores in the sixth series and never relented despite the shoot-off drama.īatsarashkina appeared cool, leaning slightly back in her relaxed stance with her left hand in pocket and wearing the Witcher medallion necklace which had set social media alight this week. "I am in shoot-offs very often and here was another one, so that amused me," the 24-year-old said.

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Russian sharpshooter olympics