Russian veteran Alifirenko snatches a gold on Day 8

(BEIJING, April 19) -- Sergei Alifirenko of Russia nailed the title of the men's 25m rapid fire pistol event with a total score of 786.7 at the Good Luck Beijing 2008 ISSF World Cup on Saturday, April 19, at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall.

He was followed by teammate Alexei Klimov with 780.9 points. Zhang Penghui of China scored 778.3 points, winning a bronze medal for the host team.

49, Russian veteran Sergei Alifirenko won the title of this event in 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. His steady performance in the four rounds shooting of the final widened the margin between him and other shooters. Alifirenko crowned the title with 5.8 margins to the silver medalist.

Silver medalist Alexei Klimov of Russia made an unexpected move from the No. six qualifier to the first runner-up.

German shooter Ralf Schumann failed to edge in the top three and

Bearing the current world record of 788.8, the third-placeGerman qualifier Ralf Schumann won the Olympic titles for three times. But he was not in her good shape today and placed the forth in the final.

Current world No. one shooter of ISSF 2007 ranking, Chinese Zhang Penghui, placed 13th in the first stage of qualification on Friday edged into the final as the second seed. Previously won the World Cup and World Championships titles, Zhang earned one silver medal for the host team.