Father And
Daughter Secure Cyprus' First Gold
NICOSIA, 2 June
2009 - While Marilena Kostantinou was not able to secure
a gold medal this morning in women’s air rifle her
father Andreas Kostantinou managed to claim Cyprus’
first gold medal in men’s air riffle in the XIII Games
of the Small States of Europe.
After competing in
standard air rifle the Cypriot champion breezed through
with 576/600, while Eric Lanza followed closely behind
him by two points (574/600) William Vella from Malta
came third in the finals with 570/600 and our compatriot
Alexandros Patsalides came fourth with 564/600.
In the finals Andreas
Kostantinou appeared calm and collective and achieved
the best results (101.0). With a total of 677.0 managed
to secure first place and his first gold medal in the
GSSE.
He had previously
claimed two bronze medals (in 2001 in San Marino and in
2003 in Malta)
Lanza from Monaco
claimed second place after securing 673.3 (574+99.3) and
Vella from Malta came in at third place with 668.8
(570+98.8). Alexandros Patsalides came in fourth with
663.3.2 (564+99.2)
Christensen and
Johnson from Iceland claimed the last two places with
642.1 and 601.2.
