Campriani gold with Olympic record in 10 mt air rifle. It is his third medal at the Games

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Campriani gold with Olympic record in 10 mt air rifle. It is his third medal at the Games

Niccolò Campriani won the gold in 10 metres air rifle at the Games Rio 2016. It is the third Olympic medal for the champion of the shooting, the third gold and eighth for Team Italy at the 31st edition of the Summer Games. Campriani closed in the lead with an Olympic record during the qualification phase (630.2), ahead of the Russian Maslennkov and the Croatian Gorsa, with six impressive series. In the final, he confirmed the best Olympic score with 206.1 ahead of the Ukrainian Kulisch (204.6) exceeded in the last series of shots. In third place came the Russian Maslennkov (184.2).
The story was already written in London, when he won the first ever Italian gold in 50 metres air rifle 3 positions, crushing the competition with his brilliant and discreet class. Invincible smile and surgical strikes, Niccolò has built his career around applause with painstaking care, without neglecting the training aspect. Engineer and champion, the perfect athlete profile that conquers the world, projecting the best image of the Italian excellence