LONDON (AP) — World champion Tomoyuki Matsuda overcame poor shooting in the final to win the World Cup 50m pistol title on the London Olympics range at Royal Artillery Barracks on Wednesday.
Matsuda shot the worst score in the eight-man final, but the seven-point lead he had after qualifying was enough for him to earn his third World Cup in the discipline in the past year.
Vladimir Isakov of Russia, the bronze medalist at the last two Olympics, posted the best score in the final to win the silver with 663.2 points, trailing Matsuda’s 664.8.
Zhang Tian of China won the bronze for his first World Cup 50m medal in seven years.
