Fantastic news from Tokyo: A new world record and another gold for the Slovak team! – Športky.sk

TOKYO – Slovak paratrooper Veronika Vadovičová won a gold medal in mixed shooting at 50 m in a new Paralympic record of 248.9 points at PH 2020 in Tokyo.

Sweden’s Anna Normann finished in second place with a gap of only 0.4 points, the third was the Spaniard Juan Antonio Saavedra Reinaldo (226.3 points). Vadovičová made it to the finals from 4th place in the qualification with a shot of 620.3 points, which was won by German Natascha Hiltropová in a new world and Paralympic record of 627.7 points. Another Slovak representative, Radoslav Malenovský, took 35th place with a performance of 609.3 points.

“It’s all the more beautiful because it’s a competition where he shoots with the men. Fighting them is really hard work. One bad shot, one nine is enough and the order is immediately mixed. But when there are only four competitors left in the final, then I believed in the medal. She was already driven by a decent lead. “ said her coach Milan Goleňa for spv.sk.

The Slovak team thus won a total of 11 medals (5-2-4) in Tokyo, which they also managed in Rio de Janeiro 2016.

the results:

1. Veronika VADOVIČOVÁ (SR) 248,9 b, 2. Anna Normannová (Sweden) 248,5, 3. Juan Antonio Saavedra Reinaldo (Šp.) 226,3, … in qual .: 35. Radoslav MALENOVSKÝ ( SR) 609.3

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