2013 WC #3 Munich – Men

As we reach the third competition, we’ve seen 2 different champions and a many new faces in the final. Some great scores but at least I am still waiting for that competition with several shooters fighting for the win. As we move to Munich, a classically high-end competition where we every year see a large number of participants and high scores. This year we have the addition of having the clothing rules in full effect after the initiation period is finished. Interesting to see whether this will affect the competition in any way.

World Cup Final Bangkok 2012 – Participants

Who are participating in this year’s Final and what kind of scores have they produced since last year in Wroclaw, Poland?

This is a short post where I’ll just let the numbers speak for themselves:

Men’s Air Rifle

What an interesting final! Shooters were constantly changing position after each final shot. Scores were tight in the top four and no-one could feel safe in their current place.

Winner was Alin George Moldovenau, Romania. He entered the final in second place after a qualification score of 599, same as Niccolo Campriani in first place. Directly on the first shot they changed places in the ranking list. Both Tao Wang and Gagan Narang started with good shots that brought them all up on the same score (give or take some tenths of a point). After this start they all kept changing places in the ranking list. Two 10.8 in shot six and seven brought Campriani up to the top, which he then lost in the ninth shot. The final shot was for Moldovenau, 10.3, and Campriani, 10.4, settled the final. Behind them had Tao Wang held on to the third place up to the seventh shot. A 9.2 dropped him down to forth place, where he then finished when Narang ended the final with a 10.3 and 10.7.

Predictions for the Olympic Games – Men

For the women’s predictions and method, click here.

Results

I used the same method here as for the women’s predictions. These are our top 20 according to the background data I had to work with: