Finals 50m Pistol Men - ISSF World Cup Series 2011, Rifle & Pistol Stage 6, Munich (GER)

The FULL 50m Pistol Men FINAL at the 2011 ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup in Munich - The match turned into a breathtaking duel between two expert shooters, who duelled right to the last shot to secure the brightest medal: Serbia's Zlatic and Japan's Matsuda. Tomoyuki Matsuda led thought the first part of the match, battling neck and neck against his Serbian opponent, and eventually taking advantage of his mistakes. Marking 97.7 point throughout the ten-shot final, the Japanese sharpshooter finished on the highest step of the podium with a total of 665.7 points. Serbia's Andrija Zlatic, 33, ranked fourth in the world and coming from a Bronze medal won at the previous ISSF World Cup Stage in Fort Benning, , had walked into the final with 568 qualification points, and finished in second place winning the Silver with a total of 662.9 points. Behind him, Italy's Giuseppe Giordano, 36, secured the Bronze medal and an Olympic Quota place with a total score of 659.6 points. The Chinese veteran Tan Zongliang, 39, landed in fourth place with a total score of 659.0 points. Just one tenth of a point behind him, with a final score of 658.9 points, it was Spain's 24-year old Pablo Carrera who took the fifth place. Slovakia's Pavol Kopp squeezed into the final match in eighth and last place, climbing then the scoreboard right up to the sixth place with a final score of 657.7 points. The local hero, Germany's 25-year old Florian Schmidt did not shot at his best during the final match. With four 7s he slid down in the placements, closing the match in eighth with 648.0 points.