Rifle: Hammond Takes Silver in Day Two
October 09, 2010 02:18 PM | General
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University rifle coach Jon Hammond added to his medal collection in his second day of competition at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, winning the Silver in the men’s rifle 50m 3 position today in Delhi, India.
Hammond, a native of Aberdeen, Scotland, secured the second-place finish shooting 1164 in the elimination relay, and 91.3 in the final, for an aggregate total of 1255.3. The fifth year Mountaineer coach’s day included scores of 398 (99, 100, 100, 99) in prone, 373 (93, 89, 96, 95) in standing and 393 (97, 99, 98, 99) in kneeling.
India’s Gagan Narang won the Gold medal with a final total of 1262.2, while England’s James Huckle finished third with a score of 1254.9.
Today’s medal is the second in as many days for Hammond, as he won the Bronze yesterday in men’s pairs 50m rifle 3 position with his partner, Neil Stirton.
The Commonwealth Games, an international, quadrennial event, provides Hammond the opportunity to represent his home country. He generally represents Great Britain in international events, as he did at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.
Hammond breaks from action for two days and will return to the range on Tuesday, Oct. 12, and compete in the men’s pairs 50m rifle prone.
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