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Pupo: First Gold Medal for Cuba in London Olympic Games  
HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 3 (acn) Cuban Leuris Pupo won the first gold medal for the Cuban delegation in the Olympic Games in the men’s 25 meter rapid fire pistol event held at the Royal Artillery Barracks in London.

Cuban News Agency

 
After a weak first round against another five shooters, including world record holder Russian Alexei Kilmov (592 points), Pupo showed nerves of still till the final round and set a new Olympic record and tied the world record in finals with 34 points.
 
The silver medal went to Vijay Kumar from India with 30 points and the bronze went to Chinese Feng Ding, youth world record holder (588) with 27 points. Kilmov finished fourth, one day after setting the world and Olympic records.
 
German Christian Reitz, who had owned the world record since 2008, finished last in the medal round.
 
This is Cuba’s first gold medal in these Games. It now accumulates one gold, two silver and one bronze, and jumped from the 26th place in the medal standings to the 19th.

 

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