By Xinhua
Bangkok : Art major Harveen Sarao of India became the first Universiade shooting champion here Friday by winning the women’s 10m air pistol individual event.
Harveen, 21, the 2006 national champion, shot the highest score of 388 points in the qualifying round and 98.1 points in the 10-shot final to post a winning total of 486.1 points.
Olena Kostevych of Ukraine took the silver medal with a total score of 483.5 points, followed by Russia’s Kira Mozgalova with 481.8 points.
The final of the women’s 10m air pistol, the first-ever shooting final in the Universiade history, saw world-class marks with all finalists’ qualification scores higher than 384 points out of 40 shots.
The four-day competition of shooting, introduced into the Universiade programme for the first time, offers 40 gold medals in 20 events.
The Summer Universiade consists of 10 compulsory sports – athletics, aquatic sports (swimming, diving, water polo), basketball, fencing, football, gymnastics (artistic and rhythmic), judo, table tennis, tennis and volleyball, and up to five optional sports chosen by the host country.
The Bangkok Universiade selected badminton, golf, shooting, softball and taekwondo for the competition.