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Published on August 13, 2007

The trio of Pongpol Kulchairattana, Pruet Sriya-phan and Prakarn Karndee shot a total of 1,660, just one point behind silver medallist Kazakhstan in the pistol contest at the Hua Mark Shooting Range. Russia fired a remarkable 1,687 to claim the gold.

Paramaporn Ponglaokham, Kusuma Tavisir and Sasithorn Hongprasert scored 1,697 on aggregate to land third in the rifle competition, which was dominated by the Czechs, who scored a total of 1,709 to capture the gold, while Germany produced 1,702 for the silver.

Paramaporn, a Communication Arts sophomore from Bangkok University, was the sole Thai to book a spot in the final round yesterday. She came in fifth in the qualification, but fired as low as 6.9 points in one shot to finish seventh.

"I always have a problem when it comes to the final because I'm too excited. The standing position [used in the final] is not my favourite. I'm more comfortable with the prone," said the Asian Games team's gold medallist.

She also rued being moved from shooting range No 4 to 9, where a wooden board obstructed her vision.

"They should have removed it. Before I noticed it, I was already moved there. The board made it difficult for me to see," she complained.

Chinese Wang Qin Qin fired a solid 681.7 to finish on top, followed by Slovak Daniela Peskova and Polish Agnieszka Staron.

Hungarian Balaz Pal beat German Marcel Goelden 46 to 43 in the shoot-off to take the men's 25m standard pistol individual gold after they were tied at 572 points.

Russians swept both the men's running target mixed individual and team gold medals. They scored 1,142 to win the team before Dmitry Romanov won the individual (386).

Lerpong Amsa-ngiam

The Nation