The FULL FINAL - The 2012 ISSF World Cup in London continued today with the 50m Rifle Prone Men final, taking place in a cold and windy day: difficult weather conditions for the athletes, laying on the London 2012 Olympic venue's lines, and trying to compensate the breeze effecting their shots. Sergei Martynov, the Rifle Prone #1 shooter in the world, secured the Prone's brightest medal once again, starting the new season like he had closed the previous one: in first place.
Entering the final in first with 595 points, tied to Denmark's Grinmmel, he finished in second after the first shots, climbing then back in the leadership after Grimmel shot twice in the ninth ring.
Scoring 104.9 points in the final, Matrynov totalized 699.9 points, winning the first Gold medal of the season, and securing his leadership atop of the world raking.
Denmark's 36-year old finalist Torben Grimmel, the Olympic Silver medallist of Sydney 2000, finished in second place and secured the Silver with a total of 698.7 points (595+103.7), winning his ninth ISSF World Cup medals in the last 15 years.
The Bronze medal went to the American shooter Michael McPhail, 30, the 2011 Pan American Champion. McPhail won the duel for the podium against Norway's Bogar in the second half of the match, closing the competition with 698.6 points (594+104.6).