the stellar shooter Cuban Leuris Pupo, double medial player in the Olympic Games, could not get past 16th place in the World Championship in Cairo 2022, Egypt, but still had the best performance of Cuba in the event.
The London 2021 Olympic monarch and Tokyo 2020 runner-up, came to this day in 12th place among some 80 competitors in the 25-meter rapid fire pistol, after accumulating 292 points in the first three series held this Saturday.
However, today it was below its previous performance and with 288 units it totaled 580 between both days. This made him end up in 16th place, four points short of the number needed to be included among the top eight, review the website Hit.
Leuris Pupo in 16th place in the World Cup #sport’s shot
The man from Holguín scored 580 points in the 25-meter rapid fire pistol. #Cuba #shootinghttps://t.co/5GYRLil664 pic.twitter.com/oqD9rODvBf— JIT Cuban Sport (@jit_digital) October 23, 2022
The other two Cubans who participated in the test finished much further from the vanguard. Jorge Félix Álvarez added 567 points and anchored in 48th place, while Jorge Grau stayed at 564 points to finish in 51st place.
As for the rest of the shooters on the Island, Hit reports that Alexander Molerio finished in 47th place in the eliminatory series in the 50-meter three-position rifle, with 558 points. Meanwhile, Dianelys Pérez achieved 572 points in the modality itself, but in the women’s branch, to place herself on step 41 of the classification.
Finally, in the sport pistol at 25 meters, Laina Pérez achieved 527 units in her eliminatory series, to reach the 43rd place.
Regarding the Cuban participation in the World Cup in Cairo, Hit He specifies that it is limited to the bullet modalities, since the Cubans could not arrive at the venue in time for the air modalities.
