Art-majored Sarao Harveen of India became the first Universiade shooting champion here on Firday by winning the women's 10m air pistol individual event.
Harveen, 21, national champion of India in 2006, collected the highest score of 388 points in the qualification round, and 98.1 points in the 10-shot final, winning by a 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, first introduced into the Universiade program, offers 40 gold medals out of 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 taedwondo into the competition program.
Source: Xinhua
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