{"id":219854,"date":"2026-10-16T15:01:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T13:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=219854"},"modified":"2026-10-16T15:01:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T13:01:39","slug":"well-done-girls-aleksandra-wins-gold-and-andelija-silver-at-the-shooting-world-cup-in-cairo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/well-done-girls-aleksandra-wins-gold-and-andelija-silver-at-the-shooting-world-cup-in-cairo\/","title":{"rendered":"WELL DONE, GIRLS! Aleksandra wins gold and An\u0111elija silver at the Shooting World Cup in Cairo!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Serbia\u2019s female representatives ended their participation at the<\/em><\/strong> World Cup<\/em><\/strong><\/a> in Cairo in spectacular fashion. Aleksandra Stojadinovi\u0107 won gold and An\u0111elija Stevanovi\u0107 silver in the tournament\u2019s final event \u2014 the women\u2019s 10m air rifle competition.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final day was highly successful for Serbia, thanks in part to Lazar Kova\u010devi\u0107, who finished seventh in the 50m rifle three positions event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A total of 83 women competed in the air rifle qualifying round. One of the youngest participants, An\u0111elija Stevanovi\u0107, finished second with 635.4 points. Only experienced Norwegian shooter Jeanette Hegg Duestad was more accurate, by just 0.2 points. Aleksandra Havran secured her place in the final by finishing eighth with 631.1 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Serbia was the only country with two competitors in the final, which unfolded as a closely fought contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Aleksandra and An\u0111elija were in medal contention from the start. Several shooters were separated by tiny margins in the battle for the podium. Aleksandra Stojadinovi\u0107 was most often in the lead, and after the 20th shot, when only four competitors remained on the firing line, Stojadinovi\u0107 and Japan\u2019s Nobata shared first place. Stevanovi\u0107 was just 0.1 points behind them, while fourth-placed Chinese shooter Fan trailed An\u0111elija by 0.4 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fan remained in fourth place and missed out on a medal, while the other three competitors continued the final with realistic chances of victory. After the 22nd shot, Nobata was eliminated in third place, finishing 0.3 points behind the two Serbian shooters, who were tied for first. The bronze medal was her second in Cairo, as she had been part of the winning mixed team on the opening day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Serbian representatives scored 10.4 with their 23rd shots, keeping the head-to-head battle going. The final shot decided the contest: An\u0111elija again scored 10.4, while Aleksandra was 0.3 points more accurate to secure the gold medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By winning gold, Aleksandra Stojadinovi\u0107 qualified for the World Cup Final in Rome in December. An\u0111elija Stevanovi\u0107 had already secured her place several months ago by winning at the World Cup in Munich.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis was my fifth World Cup final, and I have finally won a medal. I\u2019m over the moon. I\u2019m also very happy for An\u0111elija. It\u2019s a fantastic day for our team,\u201d said Aleksandra Stojadinovi\u0107, who turned 22 two months ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe final was very stressful because tiny margins made all the difference. When Aleksandra and I were the only ones left on the firing line fighting for gold, I felt as though I were competing at the national championships. This was only my second World Cup appearance in my career, and I have now won my second medal. I didn\u2019t expect to have a season like this, but even bigger challenges await us before the end of the year,\u201d An\u0111elija Stevanovi\u0107 said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lazar Kova\u010devi\u0107 scored 590 points in the three-position qualifying round, five more than in the elimination round the previous day, and reached the final in 10th place. Two shooters ahead of him were not eligible to qualify for the final. Those two, Estli of Norway and Entner of Austria, were among the most accurate in qualifying, each scoring 592 points. French shooter Chris recorded the same score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fourth-placed Nepejhal of the Czech Republic scored 591, while the shooters ranked fifth through 10th each scored 590. Kova\u010devi\u0107\u2019s place among the top 10 was secured by his final standing position, in which he recorded the fifth-best score of 196 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Serbian shooter made a good start in the final. The close contest from qualifying continued, and Kova\u010devi\u0107 was fourth after the kneeling position. He lost ground to the leaders in the prone position. He began catching up with his rivals in the standing position but could not close the gap, finishing seventh after the 40th shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other three Serbian representatives finished between 44th and 46th place. Aleksa Rakonjac and Milenko Sebi\u0107 each scored 584 points, while Marko Ivanovi\u0107 recorded 583.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the three finals held today, Serbian shooters achieved another strong result in Cairo. An\u0111elija Stevanovi\u0107 and Aleksa Rakonjac finished fourth in the mixed team event on the opening day of the World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Serbia\u2019s female representatives ended their participation at the World Cup in Cairo in spectacular fashion. Aleksandra Stojadinovi\u0107 won gold and An\u0111elija Stevanovi\u0107 silver in the tournament\u2019s final event \u2014 the women\u2019s 10m air rifle competition. The final day was highly successful for Serbia, thanks in part to Lazar Kova\u010devi\u0107, who finished seventh in the 50m […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2169,"featured_media":219855,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[14521,12852,14522,91,7034,5513,7155,5337],"class_list":["post-219854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-aleksandra-stojadinovic","tag-andjelija-stevanovic","tag-kairo","tag-sport","tag-srebro","tag-streljastvo","tag-svetski-kup","tag-zlato","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t