Anna Korakaki of Greece, a Rio 2016 gold medallist in women’s 25m pistol, topped the qualification with 585 points.
Esha Singh, a silver medallist at the 2021 ISSF Junior World Championships, claimed second place in the women’s 10m air pistol qualification round with an impressive score of 577 points. Anna Korakaki of Greece, a Rio 2016 gold medallist in women’s 25m pistol, topped the qualification with 585 points.
Korakaki has competed in shooting since 2009 and has been a member of the Greek national team since 2010. She is with the Orion Shooting Club of Thessaloniki and she is coached by her father and retired shooter Tassos Korakakis.
She won the first Gold medal for Greece since the country hosted the Olympics back in 2004. At the age of 20 and in just her maiden Olympic campaign, she became the first Greek woman to win two Olympic medals in the same competition and the first Greek athlete in general since 1912. On March 12, 2020, she became the first woman to be the first Olympic torchbearer of an Olympic torch relay.
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