Armenia’s Elmira Karapetyan Wins Gold at Shooting World Cup in Cairo

Armenian shooter Elmira Karapetyan has won gold in the women’s 10-meter air pistol event at the Shooting World Cup in Cairo, Egypt.

Karapetyan led the qualification round with 582 points before securing the title with a score of 242.4 in a closely contested final, according to the Armenian Shooting Federation.

Her victory came on the final day of the competition, just weeks before the World Shooting Championships, scheduled for Nov. 1-14 in Qatar.

The Cairo event was one of the final opportunities for shooters to compete internationally ahead of the world championships.

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