Golden Shot
For Monaco
NICOSIA, 4 June 2009
- Monaco won its first shooting gold medal at the XIII
Games of the Small States of Europe on Thursday. Cynthia
Durand was the athlete to achieve it in women’s air
rifle with a score of 471.8. Cypriot shooters Irini
Panteli (470.1) and Constantina Pratsi (459.2) were
second and third respectively.
Durand
entered the final in first position (378/400), while
Panteli was second (373/400). After some great
competition, the athlete from Cyprus managed to go just
ahead, before Durand coming back at the final shots to
get the win.
For
Panteli, that was her fifth medal at GSSE, having
already won one gold and three more silvers in the past.
