Shooting Day 6 Preview: Galkina and Igaly seek golden double
(BEIJING, August 13) -- Russia's Lioubov Galkina will tomorrow look for her second consecutive Olympic gold medal in the Women's 50m Rifle Three Positions. In Women's Skeet, Diana Igaly of Hungary will also look to reproduce the gold medal she won at Athens 2004.
Galkina has already made an appearance on the medals podium in Beijing after winning the first silver medal of the Games in the Women's 10m Air Rifle on August 9. The event was won by Katerina Emmons of the Czech Republic.
Galkina won the gold medal at Athens 2004 with 688.4 points, beating Italy's Valentina Turisini, who finished with 685.9. Turisini and Tatiana Goldobina of Russia, silver medalists at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004, will be looking to move up a spot in Beijing.
Emmons will be seeking her second gold medal of the Beijing Games. Local favorite and World No. 2 Du Li of China will be keen for a medal after she finished a disappointing fifth in the Women's 10m Air Rifle.
World No. 1 Sonja Pfeilschifter of Germany is still searching for an elusive first Olympic medal. She failed to qualify for the final in the 10m Air Rifle - another event in which she was ranked first in the world.
Lidija Mihajlovic of Serbia and Jamie Beyerle of the United States, the third and fourth-ranked shooters in the world, are also in the field.
Diana Igaly of Hungary is the favorite for the Women's Skeet tomorrow. Igaly won gold at Athens 2004 and bronze at Sydney 2000. Another gold medal chance will be Zemfira Meftakhetdinova of Azerbaijan. Meftakhetdinova won a gold medal at Sydney 2000.
Athens 2004 silver medalist in the Women's Skeet, Wei Ning of China and Kimberly Rhode of the United States are also medal contenders.
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