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2018 World champs continued
The small rifle team of 4 performed well with Dane Sampson leading the charge. Dane’s 50m 3P event saw his
1162-56x carry him through the elimination series where 105 competitors were reduced to 60. Qualification
saw Dane pull together a 393, 399, 385 for 1177-72x for 7th place going into the Finals where he dropped to
8th. In the 10m Air Rifle event he qualified 16th with the score of 626.6 just 1.4 points off the Final cut off
628.0. Then in the 50m Prone with a field of 110 eliminating for 60 starting positions Dane shot 617.4 making
the cut to shoot a 626.9 placing 4th 0.2 pts behind the medals.
Tori Rossiter and Dane competed in a very strong field in the 10m Mixed Team Event and finished out of the
medals with a score of 824.5, whilst Finals cut off was 836.0.
In 10m Air Rifle Women, Tori ( a junior) achieved a score of 619.2
In 10m Air Rifle Women Junior, Emma Adams shot 611.1
Alex Hoberg, shot all three junior matches scoring ; 10m Air rifle 607.5, 3p 1115-40x; Prone 612.0
Well done to all and a hearty thank you to National Coach Petr Kurka