Already the third burning disappointment for Slovakia. The previous world champion is way from the ultimate

Capturing on the 2024 Olympics

Males’s entice – 1st day of qualifying

PARIS. Vladimír Slamka reached the ultimate within the males’s entice on the first participation of impartial Slovakia on the Summer time Olympic Video games.

Zvolen gained fifth place within the qualification, however after two delays within the combat for medals, he fell to sixth place within the ultimate in Atlanta 1996.

Since then, Mário Filipovič, Erik Varga 4 instances, and even Marián Kovačócy in Rio de Janeiro tried to mimic his participation within the ultimate. They failed.

After eight years, Kovačócy revealed himself once more below 5 Olympic rings, however after the primary day of qualification, issues don’t look good for his intentions.

Three errors proper at first

Lure, like skeet, is a self-discipline through which each mistake is dear.

For instance, on the Olympics in Tokyo, Erik Varga missed solely three of the 125 targets within the qualification, which was sufficient for him to shoot with 5 different opponents within the combat for the ultimate promotion place. He finally completed eleventh.

Nonetheless, on the taking pictures vary in Chateauroux, Kovačócy already made three errors within the first spherical, which pushed him to the underside of the 30-man beginning record. The third, sixth and likewise the twenty fifth flight goal with one after the opposite, completes the primary collection of makes an attempt.

Earlier than the match, Slovakia was one of many favorites to progress to the final six. He entered it because the vp of the world administration.

Final yr in Baku at the bathroom in the entire qualification (125 photographs) he misplaced solely as soon as, he grew to become the winner and within the ultimate he was crushed solely by the Croatian Giovanni Chernogoraz. On the identical time, due to this, he gained a component in his second Olympics.

Within the second spherical, with 24 factors, he moved to twenty third place, and he additionally made one mistake within the third row, when he missed the second goal goal.

Thus far, his rating of 70 factors is simply sufficient for twentieth place.

This consequence could be described as a disappointment, just like the efficiency Jura Tuzhinski in air pistol at 10 meters and likewise Peter Jane in an air rifle at 10 meters.

The golden defender spoiled the competitors

After 75 photographs, the match is suspended and can resume on Tuesday at 9:00 a.m., when the remaining two rounds of the Trappist qualification might be scheduled.

Nonetheless, it’s not in his palms whether or not Kovačócy will make the ultimate within the night at 3:30 pm. Even when he hits all 50 targets, his opponents have to assist him with errors. In actuality, nonetheless, the possibility for the ultimate is small.

In Rio, he had a rating of 67 after the primary day, a complete of 118 factors sufficient for the ultimate. Since then, nonetheless, the entice price has risen dramatically, and finally yr’s WC, even 123 out of 125 targets was not sufficient to progress straight to the finals.

The Czech Jiří Lipták was much more profitable than the Slovak shooter.

The defending Olympic gold medalist began with a powerful 24 factors, however misplaced as many as 4 instances within the second spherical to accept final place.

Within the third spherical, he registered 24 “pigeons” down, identical to within the first one, however he needs to be glad with the non permanent twenty seventh place.