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Air Rifle (10 metres), Women

Date	24 July 2021
Status	Olympic
Location	Asaka Shooting Range, Nerima, Tokyo
Participants	50 from 39 countries

Since 1988, the women’s 10 m air rifle event has always been the first shooting event contested and it was again the very first gold medal to be decided in all sports at Tokyo. The gold medal went to Yang Qian, who also became the first shooting medallist born in the 2000s.

None of the medallists from Rio returned to Tokyo; furthermore, of the eight finalists from Rio, only Snježana Pejčić competed again in Tokyo. Not present in Tokyo was the reigning 2018 World Champion Im Ha-Na, and the other medallists from this event at the Worlds also did not participate. All three medallists, Océanne Muller (gold), Jessie Kaps (silver) and Sofia Ceccarello (bronze) from the 2021 European Shooting Championships, however, held only about two months before the Tokyo Games, did compete. From the top three of the world ranking just before the Games Mary Tucker (first) and Živa Dvoršak (third) competed, but the second placed Eszter Dénes (HUN) did not qualify.

Both the qualification round, increased from 40 to 60 shots, and the final round, from a maximum of 20 to 24 shots, saw a change of format since Rio 2016. The qualification round was topped by Jeanette Hegg Duestad, who finally finished fourth, followed by Park Hui-Mun and Mary Tucker. The final was very close from the beginning. After the first ten shots, the first five shooters were separated by only 0.6 points. The gold medal decision came in the very last shot. Anastasiya Galashina was 0.2 points ahead of Yang Qian, but Yang produced her poorest shot during the entire competition with a 9.8, and Galashina also had her worst shot, scoring only 8.9 and finally the lead changed again in favor of the Chinese. As Nina Christen finished third, the three medallists all came from the last three shooters that qualified for the final round.

With Houda Chaabi this competition also saw the first ever female shooter participating for Algeria, while Kanykei Kubanychbekova became the first ever female shooter for Kyrgyzstan. Finishing in last position of the qualification round was Luna Solomon representing the Refugee Olympic Team. Originally from Eritrea she came to Switzerland in 2015 where she lived in the Olympic city of Lausanne.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	Yang Qian	CHN	628.7 (6)	251.8 (1)	Gold
2	Anastasiya Galashina	ROC	628.5 (8)	251.1 (2)	Silver
3	Nina Christen	SUI	628.5 (7)	230.6 (3)	Bronze
4	Jeanette Hegg Duestad	NOR	632.9 (1)	209.3 (4)
5	Océanne Muller	FRA	630.7 (5)	187.7 (5)
6	Mary Tucker	USA	631.4 (3)	166.0 (6)
7	Gwon Eun-Ji	KOR	630.9 (4)	145.4 (7)
8	Park Hui-Mun	KOR	631.7 (2)	119.1 (8)
9	Laura Ilie	ROU	628.0 (9)	–
10	Sofia Ceccarello	ITA	627.3 (10)	–
11	Živa Dvoršak	SLO	627.2 (11)	–
12	Seonaid McIntosh	GBR	627.2 (12)	–
13	Yuliya Karimova	ROC	627.1 (13)	–
14	Ali Weisz	USA	626.9 (14)	–
15	Aneta Stankiewicz	POL	626.8 (15)	–
16	Elavenil Valarivan	IND	626.5 (16)	–
17	Jolyn Beer	GER	625.8 (17)	–
18	Wang Luyao	CHN	625.6 (18)	–
19	Jenny Stene	NOR	625.5 (19)	–
20	Eszter Mészáros	HUN	625.3 (20)	–
21	Adele Tan	SGP	625.3 (21)	–
22	Rikke Ibsen	DEN	625.0 (22)	–
23	Fatemeh Karamzadeh	IRI	624.9 (23)	–
24	Maryia Martynava	BLR	624.3 (24)	–
25	Oyuunbat Yesügen	MGL	624.0 (25)	–
26	Lin Ying-Shin	TPE	623.4 (26)	–
27	Jessie Kaps	BEL	623.4 (27)	–
28	Anna Nielsen	DEN	623.3 (28)	–
29	Andrea Arsović	SRB	623.3 (29)	–
30	Armina Sadeghian	IRI	622.6 (30)	–
31	Snježana Pejčić	CRO	622.6 (31)	–
32	Haruka Nakaguchi	JPN	622.2 (32)	–
33	Mukhtasar Tokhirova	UZB	622.2 (33)	–
34	Shiori Hirata	JPN	622.1 (34)	–
35	Vidya Rafika Toyyiba	INA	622.0 (35)	–
36	Apurvi Chandela	IND	621.9 (36)	–
37	Eglys Yahima de la Cruz	CUB	620.5 (37)	–
38	Al-Zahraa Shaban	EGY	620.0 (38)	–
39	Houda Chaabi	ALG	619.5 (39)	–
40	Fernanda Russo	ARG	618.9 (40)	–
41	Nikola Šarounová	CZE	618.4 (41)	–
42	Elise Collier	AUS	618.2 (42)	–
43	Lenchu Kunzang	BHU	618.1 (43)	–
44	Sanja Vukašinović	SRB	617.8 (44)	–
45	Katarina Kowplos	AUS	617.2 (45)	–
46	Kalpana Pariyar	NEP	616.8 (46)	–
47	Tatjana Đekanović	BIH	613.2 (47)	–
48	Kanykei Kubanychbekova	KGZ	612.8 (48)	–
49	Tehani Egodawela	SRI	611.5 (49)	–
50	Luna Solomon	EOR	605.9 (50)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	24 July 2021 — 8:30
Format	10 metres. Six rounds of 10 shots each. Top eight from preliminary round advanced to the final round.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Points	Series 1 Points	Series 2 Points	Series 3 Points	Series 4 Points	Series 5 Points	Series 6 Points
1	Jeanette Hegg Duestad	NOR	632.9	105.7	105.8	105.3	106.2	105.3	104.6	Q
2	Park Hui-Mun	KOR	631.7	104.4	105.4	105.9	105.3	104.7	106.0	Q
3	Mary Tucker	USA	631.4	104.8	104.4	105.2	105.6	106.0	105.4	Q
4	Gwon Eun-Ji	KOR	630.9	105.8	105.3	104.7	104.3	105.5	105.3	Q
5	Océanne Muller	FRA	630.7	103.8	104.7	105.0	105.5	106.2	105.5	Q
6	Yang Qian	CHN	628.7	104.3	105.7	103.6	105.2	104.9	105.0	Q
7	Nina Christen	SUI	628.5	103.9	105.2	104.0	106.1	104.3	105.0	Q
8	Anastasiya Galashina	ROC	628.5	104.2	105.2	105.5	104.9	104.2	104.5	Q
9	Laura Ilie	ROU	628.0	104.8	103.3	105.0	105.1	104.1	105.7
10	Sofia Ceccarello	ITA	627.3	104.5	104.9	105.2	104.8	106.4	101.5
11	Živa Dvoršak	SLO	627.2	104.1	103.7	104.1	105.4	104.6	105.3
12	Seonaid McIntosh	GBR	627.2	104.3	104.4	104.2	105.6	105.2	103.5
13	Yuliya Karimova	ROC	627.1	105.0	104.6	105.4	104.3	103.1	104.7
14	Ali Weisz	USA	626.9	104.1	104.8	105.0	103.7	103.9	105.4
15	Aneta Stankiewicz	POL	626.8	104.1	105.6	104.2	105.7	104.5	102.7
16	Elavenil Valarivan	IND	626.5	104.3	104.0	106.0	104.2	103.5	104.5
17	Jolyn Beer	GER	625.8	104.6	103.4	103.8	104.4	104.3	105.3
18	Wang Luyao	CHN	625.6	102.3	105.5	105.7	103.2	104.4	104.5
19	Jenny Stene	NOR	625.5	104.9	103.8	104.4	104.4	104.2	103.8
20	Eszter Mészáros	HUN	625.3	102.5	103.5	104.9	105.5	104.2	104.7
21	Adele Tan	SGP	625.3	104.1	104.7	103.7	104.3	104.6	103.9
22	Rikke Ibsen	DEN	625.0	103.5	104.8	104.6	104.7	103.8	103.6
23	Fatemeh Karamzadeh	IRI	624.9	102.7	103.8	105.7	104.0	104.5	104.2
24	Maryia Martynava	BLR	624.3	104.2	102.8	103.1	105.5	104.0	104.7
25	Oyuunbat Yesügen	MGL	624.0	103.0	103.8	104.9	103.3	103.9	105.1
26	Lin Ying-Shin	TPE	623.4	104.8	103.8	103.0	104.3	102.9	104.6
27	Jessie Kaps	BEL	623.4	104.8	103.7	103.9	104.2	105.2	101.6
28	Anna Nielsen	DEN	623.3	104.1	104.8	103.3	104.1	103.1	103.9
29	Andrea Arsović	SRB	623.3	105.3	104.4	104.2	102.7	103.8	102.9
30	Armina Sadeghian	IRI	622.6	104.9	103.8	104.3	102.0	102.5	105.1
31	Snježana Pejčić	CRO	622.6	104.6	102.5	103.3	103.2	104.7	104.3
32	Haruka Nakaguchi	JPN	622.2	101.8	102.7	102.7	104.3	105.1	105.6
33	Mukhtasar Tokhirova	UZB	622.2	103.4	104.6	102.6	102.8	104.6	104.2
34	Shiori Hirata	JPN	622.1	104.4	103.7	102.9	103.1	102.5	105.5
35	Vidya Rafika Toyyiba	INA	622.0	104.3	103.6	104.6	102.5	103.7	103.3
36	Apurvi Chandela	IND	621.9	104.5	102.5	104.9	104.2	102.2	103.6
37	Eglys Yahima de la Cruz	CUB	620.5	104.5	102.4	103.2	103.6	103.8	103.0
38	Al-Zahraa Shaban	EGY	620.0	103.7	101.4	103.6	104.9	104.2	102.2
39	Houda Chaabi	ALG	619.5	103.7	103.2	101.6	103.6	103.9	103.5
40	Fernanda Russo	ARG	618.9	101.5	104.4	103.0	103.9	103.8	102.3
41	Nikola Šarounová	CZE	618.4	102.5	102.6	104.1	103.5	102.4	103.3
42	Elise Collier	AUS	618.2	103.1	103.4	102.9	101.1	104.0	103.7
43	Lenchu Kunzang	BHU	618.1	103.1	103.4	103.3	101.6	104.1	102.6
44	Sanja Vukašinović	SRB	617.8	103.3	103.2	103.8	103.7	101.7	102.1
45	Katarina Kowplos	AUS	617.2	103.1	101.0	103.8	101.7	103.1	104.5
46	Kalpana Pariyar	NEP	616.8	102.2	105.4	101.0	104.1	103.4	100.7
47	Tatjana Đekanović	BIH	613.2	99.3	104.0	101.0	103.4	102.0	103.5
48	Kanykei Kubanychbekova	KGZ	612.8	103.4	101.0	103.0	102.5	101.1	101.8
49	Tehani Egodawela	SRI	611.5	102.9	103.8	100.9	102.3	100.8	100.8
50	Luna Solomon	EOR	605.9	100.9	100.5	101.2	101.5	100.1	101.7

Final Round

Date	24 July 2021 — 10:45
Format	Two rounds of 5 shots, then 1 round of 2 shots, with lowest shooter eliminated. Six rounds of 2 shots with lowest shooter eliminated after each round.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Points	Shot 1 Points	Shot 2 Points	Shot 3 Points	Shot 4 Points	Shot 5 Points	Shot 6 Points	Shot 7 Points	Shot 8 Points	Shot 9 Points	Shot 10 Points	Shot 11 Points	Shot 12 Points	Shot 13 Points	Shot 14 Points	Shot 15 Points	Shot 16 Points	Shot 17 Points	Shot 18 Points	Shot 19 Points	Shot 20 Points	Shot 21 Points	Shot 22 Points	Shot 23 Points	Shot 24 Points
1	Yang Qian	CHN	251.8	10.2	10.9	10.5	10.0	10.3	10.5	10.8	10.5	10.1	10.9	10.5	10.4	10.8	10.9	10.2	10.8	10.0	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.7	10.6	10.7	9.8
2	Anastasiya Galashina	ROC	251.1	10.4	10.3	10.7	10.4	10.7	10.6	10.3	10.6	9.6	10.8	10.9	10.7	10.6	9.6	10.8	10.6	10.7	10.8	10.9	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.8	8.9
3	Nina Christen	SUI	230.6	10.4	10.5	10.2	10.0	10.2	10.6	10.3	10.7	10.5	10.2	10.7	10.8	10.6	10.5	10.8	10.6	10.4	10.7	10.5	10.7	10.0	10.7	–	–
4	Jeanette Hegg Duestad	NOR	209.3	10.5	10.4	10.6	10.1	10.5	10.5	10.3	10.4	10.3	10.8	10.7	10.5	10.4	10.6	10.2	10.3	10.6	10.8	10.4	10.4	–	–	–	–
5	Océanne Muller	FRA	187.7	10.4	10.5	10.1	10.3	10.6	10.7	10.2	10.5	10.3	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.7	10.6	10.4	10.2	10.5	10.3	–	–	–	–	–	–
6	Mary Tucker	USA	166.0	10.7	9.8	10.7	10.6	10.5	9.7	10.0	10.6	10.2	10.0	10.9	10.3	10.5	10.9	10.2	10.4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
7	Gwon Eun-Ji	KOR	145.4	10.2	10.4	10.3	10.7	10.9	10.2	10.5	10.2	10.2	10.6	10.1	10.7	10.1	10.3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
8	Park Hui-Mun	KOR	119.1	9.8	10.1	10.1	9.1	9.5	9.5	10.5	10.7	9.8	10.3	10.0	9.7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–