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Latvia win team gold in 25m rapid fire pistol at World Shooting Championships
Lauris Strautmanis, Emīls Vasermanis and Ernests Erbs beat South Korea by three points in the 25m rapid fire pistol team event in Doha.
Mārtiņš Lasmanis· Editor-in-chief
Prepared by the S Ziņas newsroom·· Updated
Latvia’s shooters won the world title in a team event in Qatar on Sunday. Lauris Strautmanis, Emīls Vasermanis and Ernests Erbs triumphed in the 25m rapid fire pistol, scoring a combined 1,703 points, Latvian public broadcaster LSM reported.
A three-point margin
The fight for gold was very close. The Republic of Korea finished three points behind on 1,700 to take silver, while Ukraine’s shooters took bronze with 1,697.
Strautmanis one point short of an individual medal
In the individual competition in the same event, Strautmanis finished fourth in a field of 42, one point short of bronze. Vasermanis was ninth and Erbs 14th. France’s Kevin Chapon became world champion with 578 points, with silver going to Ukraine’s Pavlo Korostylov (576) and bronze to Finland’s Sampo Voutilainen (574).
The World Shooting Championships in Doha began on 1 November and run until 14 November, so the Latvian team still have other events to come.
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