{"id":5211,"date":"2012-04-26T04:18:59","date_gmt":"2012-04-26T04:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=5211"},"modified":"2012-04-26T04:18:59","modified_gmt":"2012-04-26T04:18:59","slug":"top-seed-martynov-wins-50m-rifle-prone-at-olympics-test-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=5211","title":{"rendered":"Top seed Martynov wins 50m rifle prone at Olympics test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>London: <\/strong>World No. 1 Sergei Martynov of Belarus has won the men&#8217;s 50m rifle prone at the 2012 ISSF World Cup and test event for the London Olympic Games here.<\/p>\n<p>Entering the final with 595 points, tied to Denmark&#8217;s Torben Grinmmel, he finished in second after the first shots, climbing then back in the leadership after Grimmel shot twice in the ninth ring.<\/p>\n<p>Scoring 104.9 points in the final, Martynov tallied 699.9 points, winning the first gold medal of the season, and securing his leadership at top of the world raking, Xinhua reported.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s normal for me, the results are not really exciting here, the scores are not so good,&#8221; the winner said, showing his proverbial self-control.<\/p>\n<p>The two-time ISSF world champion and six-time World Cup final winner has been winning all, in the last 25 years. The only medal missing from Martynov&#8217;s showcase is the Olympic gold.<\/p>\n<p>The sharpshooter finished twice in third place, in 2000 and 2004, and made it to five Olympic final matches, never finding his way to the highest step of the podium. <\/p>\n<p>Martynov, 44, is not considering retirement, and he will try to play his best aces this summer on the Royal Artillery Barracks Olympic lines.<\/p>\n<p>Denmark&#8217;s 36-year-old finalist Grimmel, the Olympic silver medallist of Sydney 2000, finished second with a total of 698.7 points, his ninth ISSF World Cup medal in the last 15 years.<em> (IANS)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London: World No. 1 Sergei Martynov of Belarus has won the men&#8217;s 50m rifle prone at the 2012 ISSF World Cup and test event for the London Olympic Games here. 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