Veronika Vadovicova competes in the final. (Photo credit: Xinhua)(BEIJING, September 7) -- Veronika Vadovicova of Slovakia hit gold in the Women's R2-10m Air Rifle Standing Sh1, earning the first gold medal of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.
Vadovicova finished first in the qualification with 392 and also topped the final, with 102.8. Manuela Schmermund of Germany, reigning Paralympic champion and runner-up at the 2005 European Open Championships, came in second, with 490.2, to win the silver medal, and the bronze medal went to Puerto Rico’s Nilda Gomez Lopez, who shot 489.2.
World record holder Kim Im-yeon of the Republic of Korea hoped to win the gold medal but finished a disappointing seventh, with 486.3. She had won gold in this event at the Sydney 2000 Paralympics.
Just shy of the medal podium was Aussie shooter Libby Kosmala, who, at 66, was the oldest participant in the shooting competition. She has participated in every edition of the Paralympic Games since Munich 1972. Kosmala finished fourth with 490.2.
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