Suzan Balo takes Australia first place

Women-shooters played the first of the 14 planned sets of Olympic awards in competitions at the trench stand.

Suzan Balo from Australia, who scored 86 points, won the gold medal. Following the representative of the Green Continent, the Spanish Mary Kinatanal (84 points) and Lee Bo from South Korea (83) rose to the podium. Balo was much ahead of the rivals, becoming the best in two shots until the end of the decisive series.

This gold medal became the fifth for Australia in an unofficial general standings, and allowed the national team to lead the rating. The Australians were equal to the Chinese in the "pace of gold mining", and are ahead of the Middle Kingdom in the total number of awards - 9 versus 8.

Russian athlete Irina Laricheva did not break into the strongest six and did not participate in the final, content with the 13th place with 56 points.