Ukraine's Olena Kostevych claimed the Olympic women's 10m air pistol gold medal after beating Jasna Sekaric of Serbia and Montenegro in a shoot-off on August 15.

Kostevych and Sekaric both finished the 10-shot final with a total of 483.3 points. The 19-year-old Ukrainian girl then scored 10.2 points against her rival's 9.4 points to scoop the top honor.

The final also witnessed two other shoot-offs that decided the bronze-medalist and the fifth-placer.

Maria Grozdeva of Bulgaria edged China's Ren Jie to take the bronze medal. Grozdeva shot 10.4 points while Ren had a 9.7.

Russian Natalia Paderina pipped Germany's Munkhbayar Dorjsuren to finish fifth.

Defending Olympic champion Tao Luna, who has been struggling with dismal form since this year, suffered an early exit in the qualification round with 366 points. The 30-year-old equaled the Olympic qualification record of 390 points en route to taking the title in Sydney in 2000.