More Medals for Team USA at Sydney World Cup

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By Najasila Campbell
USA Shooting

- Olympic Silver Medalist Maj. Michael E. Anti of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit led the entire international field from the first to the last shot to firmly secure the Gold medal in Men's Three-Position Free rifle at the World Cup in Sydney, Australia April 29. His qualification score of 1,181 points out of a possible 1,200 gave him the lead needed to win the hardware as he maintained his position through the finals.
U.S. Olympic champion Matt Emmons was trailing Slovenian Rajimond Debevec by nearly 10 points, but managed to chase him down and nearly take the Silver Medal. Emmons finished with the Bronze Medal at 1272.7. He had the highest finals score of the medalists, shooting a
101.7 to Debevec's 96.2 (1274.2); Anti shot a 97.1 in the finals.
The medal placements bring the U.S. medal count on the 2007 World Cup stage to 11.
The women shooters scored two sixth place finishes in rifle, as Emily Caruso shot for sixth in the Women's Air Rifle and Jamie Beyerle shot for sixth in the Women's Three-Position Sport Rifle. Amanda Furrer, appearing in her second World Cup ever, shot for 26th place in the Sport Rifle event.
Up next at World Cup Sydney is the Women's Sport Pistol event May 1. The World Cup will conclude May 2 with the Men's 50-Meter Free Pistol and 50-Meter Free Rifle Prone events.
Check www.usashooting.org for updates as they become available.
(Formed in 1956 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to raise the standards of marksmanship throughout the U.S. Army, the Army Marksmanship Unit is assigned to the Accessions Support Brigade of the U.S. Army Accessions Command. The Marksmanship Unit trains its Soldiers to win competitions and enhances combat readiness through train-the-trainer clinics, research and development. For more information on the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, contact the Public Affairs Office at (706) 545-5436, paula.pagan@usaac.army.mil or http://www.usaac.army.mil/amu/. USA Shooting is recognized by the U.S.
Olympic Committee and the International Shooting Sport Federation as the national governing body for the Olympic and international shooting sports in the United States. For more information on USA Shooting, contact Public Relations Manager Najasila Campbell at (719) 866-4896 or
http://www.usashooting.com.)