Martina Veloso wins S'pore’s first Nanjing YOG medal
SINGAPORE — Teenage shooter Martina Veloso delivered Singapore’s first medal of the 2014 Youth Olympics in Nanjing with a silver medal in the women’s 10m air pistol event.
Singaporean shooter Martina Lindsay Veloso. Photo: Singapore Sports School
SINGAPORE — Teenage shooter Martina Veloso delivered Singapore’s first medal of the 2014 Youth Olympics in Nanjing with a silver medal in the women’s 10m air pistol event.
In an exciting final featuring the top eight qualifiers, Martina came agonisingly close to overhauling Switzerland’s Sarah Hornung for the gold medal, losing out by a mere 0.6 points. Hornung scored 207.8 to Martina’s 207.2. Germany’s Julia Budde took bronze with 186.3.
Earlier, 14-year-old Martina was the fourth best qualifier with a score of 415.7. The Singapore Sports School student has been regarded as Singapore’s best medal hope for the second edition of the Youth Olympics, after winning an ISSF World Cup event in Munich in June in the lead up to the Games.
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