Finland Take Their First Gold Medal of the Games - US takes Bronze- Women's Trap Shooting

by Christina 123 | August 11, 2008 at 12:41 pm

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Finnish Shooting Champion Satu Mäkelä-Nummela today won GOLD for Finland.

The video of the winning shots can be seen here:

Satu Makela-Nummela of Finland scored 91 hits to take the women's trap shooting gold medal in Beijing.
The Finn hit all of the first 11 targets and 21 in all over the course of the finals to set an Olympic record.
Zuzana Stefecekova of Slovakia, got the silver medal after registering 89 hits, while Four shooters contested the bronze medal in a shoot-out.
American Corey Cogdell claimed the final medal, while Briton Charlotte Kerwood failed to qualify.