Baku, Azerbaijan, June 21
By Anvar Mammadov – Trend:
Men’s 50m rifle shooting competitions held as part of the First European Games wrapped up June 21.
Valerian Sauveplane, representing France, won the gold medal, scoring 456.2.
Petar Gorsa (Croatia) won the silver medal (score: 454), while the bronze medal was grabbed by Vitali Bubnovich from Belarus (score: 444.5).
The European Games that kicked off in Baku June 12, will last till June 28. There is a total of 20 sports at Baku 2015: 16 Olympic sports and four non-Olympic sports.
More than 6,000 athletes from across Europe came to Baku to represent their nations over 17 days of competition. Baku was awarded the games by the European Olympic Committees (EOC) in December 2012.
Edited by SI
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