Iran’s Ahmadi Wins Gold at ISSF World Cup
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Elaheh Ahmadi from Iran claimed a gold medal in the women’s 50m rifle three positions event of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in Munich.
Ahmadi secured a surprise victory with a total of 455.4 points.
The 35-year-old, ranked 81st in the world, beat China’s Chen Dongqi to the gold medal by a margin of 1.3 points.
Ahmadi had never won a World Cup gold medal.
The previous best result of her career, a third-place finish, dated back to 2010 when she finished on the podium at the ISSF World Cup in Beijing.
Chen’s team-mate Zhang Binbin collected the bronze medal with 444.0 points.
