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20-year-old Greek gets 2nd medal in Rio (updated)

Xinhua, August 10, 2016 Adjust font size:

The 20-year-old Anna Korakaki from Greece beat German shooter Monica Karsch 8-6 to win the women's 25m pistol title at the Olympic Shooting Center here on Tuesday.

It was the second Rio medal for Korakaki, as the Olympic debutant took home a bronze from the women's 10m air pistol two days ago.

"I can say it helped me because my mentality has changed," said Korakaki about the feeling of entering the range with a medal in hand.

"I already won a medal two days ago."

It was her first gold in international competitions.

Korakaki began shooting at the age of twelve. Her father Anastassios has trained her since then.

"There are some difficulties when you have your parent as a coach," said Korakaki.

"When you live in the same house and are with each other 24 hours a day, it is a lot.

"The balance is delicate, but we have good chemistry."

Two Olympic medals are good enough for the 20-year-old talent to start her career, and she was expecting more.

"Goals never stop, so I am dreaming of more medals in my career," she said.

Korakaki started the final by leading at 6-0, only to see Karsch win three straight series to level the score 6-6. In the decisive round, Korakaki hit four out of her five targets, while Karsch only managed three, which meant Korakaki finally got the victory.

"My husband is here and I think we go to celebrate today," said the silver medalist.

"My family is at home watching the TV and I think they celebrate too."

The 47-year-old Swiss veteran Heidi Diethelm Gerber defeated Chinese talent Zhang Jingjing 8-4 to finish with the bronze.

World No. 1 Zhang did a good job in the qualification stage, shooting 299 points in the final three rounds to score 592, refreshing the Olympic record.

Zhang started the semifinal well, but missed a few targets in the following round.

Gerber shot a great bronze-medal match against Zhang, hitting at least three targets in each of the six rounds to harvest her first Olympic medal.

"It was very close and it is quite hard to shoot so many series," said Gerber about the competition for the bronze medal.

"But it was OK." Endit