Seven new medals for the CISM Athletes at the Tokyo Olympic Games 2021 – Day 2
TOKYO (FRA) - The second day of finals at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games brought its share of satisfaction and success for the CISM athletes with one gold medal, three new silver and three bronze medals.
Captain Nurse Javad Foroughi triumphed in the men's 10m air pistol final, setting a new Olympic record of 244.8 points to take gold at the Asaka Shooting Range. The 41-year-old shooter held his nerve to win a thrilling final, with Serbia's Damir Mikec finishing second on 237.9 points and People's Republic of China's Wei Pang winning bronze with 217.6 points
Foroughi has been in fine form this year, winning gold at the ISSF World Cup that took place in Croatia in June to add to the gold he won at the World Cup in March in Delhi, India. Now he can add Olympic champion to his list of titles after a dominant display of shooting in Tokyo.
Captain Nurse Javad Foroughi
However, the Iranian Armed Forced athlete, who became his country's oldest ever Olympic medallist, showed nerves of steel to take gold by 6.9 points. Foroughi surged to the front in the early stages of the competition and never relinquished his lead, hitting the 10 ring consistently on his way to victory. With two shots left, he led by 4.2 points before stretching his lead to just shy of seven to set the Olympic record.
Foroughi only started professional training in 2017 and continued his work as a nurse in the Armed Forced hospital. His training was severely disrupted by the closure of training centers due to the pandemic and his own infection of COVID, but all the hard work after night shifts finally made him a proud Olympic champion.
Warrant Officer Elena Osipova (RUS) and her teammates Svetlana Gomboeva and Ksenia Perova took the silver medal in the women's archery team competition after losing to the Republic of Korea in the final by a score of 6-0.
Captain Inna Deriglazova
Captain Inna Deriglazova, the Military World Champion in individual and team foil in Wuhan in 2019, gave Russia another silver medal after her narrow loss to the USA's Kiefer (15-13) in the final of the women’s individual foil event. In the same competition, Corporal Arianna Errigo (ITA) finished 5th, Private Ysaora Thibus (FRA) 9th and Lieutenant Adelina Zagidullina (RUS) 10th.
The last silver medal of the day for our military athletes was won by Hungarian Sergeant Gergely Siklosi in the men's individual epee competition. A great performance from the Hungarian, 9th in invidual and team silver medallist in Wuhan in 2019, who lost to the French Cannone (15-10)!
Sergeant Gergely Siklosi
In weightlifting and Judo, Italy took two bronze medals thanks to Corporal Mirko Zanni who climbed on the third step of the podium in the -67kg category (weightlifting) and to Corporal Odette Giuffrida who defeated Hungary's Pupp in the bronze medal match of -52kg category (Judo).
In judo, in the -66kg category, Brazilian 3rd Sergeant Daniel Borges Cargnin won his bronze medal match against Israel's Shmailov, while Corporal Manuel Lombardo (ITA) fell short of the podium after losing to Korea's Baul An in the other bronze medal match.
Many other military athletes were competing today, and the following performances stand out: 5th place for China's Lin Yuemei in 10m Air Pistol Women (Shooting), 6th place for Corporal Gabriele Detti (ITA) in 400m Freestyle Men (Swimming), 6th place for Corporal Davide Ruiu (ITA) in Weightlifting Men -61kg, 7th place for Italian Corporals Elena Bertocchi and Chiara Pellacani in Women's Synchronised 3m Springboard (Diving), the 7th and 8th places respectively of the two French Private Mathilde Lamolle and Corporal Céline Goberville in 10m Air Pistol Women (Shooting) as well as the 8th place of Corporal Alberto Razzetti in 400m individual medley Men (Swimming).
(Source: CISM Media and Communication Department)
