10m Women's Air Rifle

Sparks

The first event of the 2004 olympics is concluded and the first medal awarded!



China's Du Li managed to steal past Russia's Lioubov Galinka to take the Gold medal, while both shooters managed to set new Olympic Records for the Final score and the Qualifying score, respectively.

Sadly, we didn't see live coverage of the finals on RTE, but as the results show, it was exceptionally tight. The overall results show a range of scores from Galinka's 399 to the last finalist Laurence Brieze's 396, to the bottom of the score table with 368, but the top twelve are all between 399 and 395.


Du Li takes the winning shot

The finals scores were no less tight, with only one 9 each for the top three competitors, and the margin between gold and silver was 0.5 points after the seventy shots, with Du Li scoring 502.0 and setting a new olympic record, and Lioubov Galinka scoring 501.5. Incredibly, the margin between silver and bronze was even less, with only 0.4 points between Galinka and Katerina Kurkova. Not to be outdone in closeness, Zhao Yinghui came in fourth only 0.3 points behind Kurkova.




One event down, sixteen to go!

L5

why are you spamming the boards?

Placebo

Lmao

[Preacher]

Part of the campaign for a firearms board no doubt.

*bump*

Sparks

Not specifically Preacher. I've been posting this sort of thing to the Sports board for over a year now, but only in the last month did I realise that the After Hours lot have an interest in this sort of stuff. Add to that the fact that this is the largest shooting event in the four-year cycle, and my inability to find a way to post a linked thread and you get these. It's not the best solution, but it's the best one I could come up with.

Besides, doesn't it even interest you in the slightest when the competition for a gold medal comes down to the last shot in a 70-shot competition, with a 0.5 point margin, and setting two Olympic Records in the process, in a sport that you can't win through chemistry? Are you that jaded?

Gordon

Plus she looks hot holding that gun.

Sparks

And you haven't looked at Kurkova yet either Gordon, I'll bet

Gordon

Nah but I'm sure I'll see her in some nightclub in Athens centre soon and I'll show her my ten metre rifle. erm... yeah!

Sparks

I think hers may be bigger than yours Gordon



Ah. Pity she's too young really

Gordon

If she's old enough to get a gold medal...

Sparks

Gordon wrote:

If she's old enough to get a gold medal...

....it doesn't mean a thing because jailbait has won medals before...

Saw her shoot at Munich three years ago. The photos don't do the girl justice, and neither did the bronze medal. Munich was her first major competition and she equalled the world record in qualifying...

Gordon

? Just how jailbait is she? Ireland jailbait or Thailand jailbait?

Sparks

*lol*

Technically, she's not jailbait anymore, though when I saw her she was just verging on Ireland jailbait. But still, waaaaay too young for me. That's what you get for being an old fart!

Flukey

Sparks wrote:

Besides, doesn't it even interest you in the slightest when the competition for a gold medal comes down to the last shot in a 70-shot competition, with a 0.5 point margin, and setting two Olympic Records in the process, in a sport that you can't win through chemistry?

To be honest, no. There are far more exciting sports to watch. While that was going on, I was in Croke Park. Dublin may have lost, but it was still good to watch it live. It is a lot more exciting being at a match there than watching some shooting at the Olympics. Congratulations to those that won medals, but I will be keeping my eyes on sports events nearer to home. A visit to Croke Park on a big match day, even if there is some wayward shooting, is a lot more exciting I can tell you.

Big Ears

Flukey wrote:

To be honest, no. There are far more exciting sports to watch. While that was going on, I was in Croke Park. Dublin may have lost, but it was still good to watch it live. It is a lot more exciting being at a match there than watching some shooting at the Olympics. Congratulations to those that won medals, but I will be keeping my eyes on sports events nearer to home. A visit to Croke Park on a big match day, even if there is some wayward shooting, is a lot more exciting I can tell you.

horse's for course's as they say .(and by they I mean that muppet from Gamezville)

Flukey

Well they actually say "horses for courses." Still, give me Croke Park on a big match day anytime. Nothing like it.

Big Ears

Flukey wrote:

. Still, give me Croke Park on a big match day anytime. Nothing like it.

same for myself , Im just saying not everyone gets excitement out GAA .

Tommy Vercetti

mmm chicks with guns :cool:

Flukey

I know Big Ears, but which events do you think were getting the highest attention here yesterday and will again today?

Sparks

Flukey, you've never seen a target shooting final in person, have you?
Besides, there was no conflict here - I waited to see Derek's shooting from 0700 on Saturday, but still had time to cheer for Kerry that afternoon.

Thing to remember, though, is that GAA is a spectator sport - Target Shooting is a particpatory sport. (As in, the GAA has more spectators than participants, Target Shooting has more participants than spectators. And Target Shooting is much, much, much bigger and older... )

milltown

If that's a 10m rifle she must be frickin huuuuuuge!