Cairo, Oct. 14 -- Norway's Jeanette Hegg Duestad won the women's 50m rifle three positions gold at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol here, returningto the city where she claimed the world title last year.
The reigning world champion scored 362.7 points to secure gold on Tuesday, ahead of the Czech Republic's Veronika Blazickova, who took silver with 358.9, while Denmark's Rikke Maeng Ibsen claimed bronze with 349.1.
Duestad topped the qualification round with 592 points before taking an early lead in the final. She scored 208.9 points across the kneeling and prone stages and maintained her advantage through the standing stage, where shooters were progressively eliminated, eventually winning by 3.8 p...