Seven Medals at the European Shooting Championships

The Hungarian adult delegation won seven medals at the European Shooting Championships held in Győr (northwestern Hungary). There were also two junior victories for the Hungarian team at the event.

On the first day of the tournament, Bálint Kálmán won the gold medal in the 10m Air Rifle Men Junior event. He was not the only contender who secured a medal in a junior category. In the 10m Air Pistol Women Junior event, Olivia Domsits won the bronze medal on Tuesday. After the 20th shot, Domsits was tied with her Czech opponent, but in the shoot-off, the Hungarian competitor was 10.3 rounds better, and with 215 rounds in total she won the second national medal in Győr.

The adult national team’s beautiful performance and winning streak began on Thursday:

The Hungarian trio of Sára Ráhel Fábián, Miriam Jákó, and Veronika Major won the gold medal in the 10m Air Pistol Trio competition.

The Hungarian team, silver medalists at last year’s World Championships, finished the event with 1,709 laps and won the gold medal with a six-lap lead over the second-placed Ukrainians. “Only the Chinese beat us at the World Championships last year, so the reality was that the girls had to win,” said coach Györgyi Pál-Plichta about the triumph.

The next day, the trio of Eszter Mészáros, Gitta Bajos, and Eszter Dénes won the silver medal in the 10m Air Rifle Team Women competition. They finished with 1888.9 rounds, beaten only by the Norwegian team (1891 rounds), while the bronze medal went to the Polish team (1886.9 rounds).

Also on Friday, István Péni won a silver medal and an Olympic qualification in the 10m Air Rifle Men category. He finished the main competition in second place with a great performance of 632.3 rounds and qualified for the final round of eight, where one of the most important goals for him was to win the Olympic quota.

Péni secured the only Hungarian qualification for the Paris Olympics.

Péni also triumphed in a team event as the Hungarian trio of Soma Hammerl, Zalán Pekler, and himself, won the bronze medal in the 10m Air Rifle Trio Men’s competition.

Furthermore, the Hungarian trio of Sára Ráhel Fábián, Miriam Jákó, and Veronika Major once again won the gold medal in the 10m Air Pistol Trio Women event. Later, the Hungarian team of Gitta Bajos, Eszter Dénes, and Eszter Mészáros won the bronze medal in the 10m Air Rifle Trio Women’s category.

Additionally, in the final event, the 10m Air Pistol Trio Men’s competition on Saturday, the Hungarian national team did not miss a medal either:

the team of János Polgár, Miklós Tátrai-Fejes, and Szabolcs Trájer finished with a big surprise in third place.

The Hungarian adult team finished the tournament with seven medals and one Olympic qualification.

Via MTI, Featured image via MTI/Krizsán Csaba