The Brazilian Paralympic Shooting Team has ended its participation in the World Cup, which took place in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, from November 3-18. Five athletes represented the country in the Middle East: São Paulo Alexandre Galgani and André Colin, Santa Catarina Jéssica Michalack, Espírito Santo Bruno Kiefer and Paraná Carlos Garletti.

Alexandre is behind the best Brazilian result of the competition. He was in the top 10 in the R5 Air Rifle – 10m – Prolonged Position Mixed SH2 last Monday, 14. With a score of 146.0 when stopped, he found himself in seventh place during the dispute. Ukraine’s Vasyl Kovalchuk (254.6 points) won the gold medal, followed by Bolo Triyanto (252.9) of Indonesia and Slovenia’s Francek Gorazd Tirsek (232.6) silver and bronze.

Two other Brazilians also participated in the same race. Jessica Michalack finished the contest in 34th place, with 631.2 points, while Bruno Kiefer was in 36th place (630.8) during qualifying.

It was Alexander’s third dispute in the competition. On Tuesday the 8th, on the first day of competitions with athletes from Brazil, he and Bruno achieved the best scores in the Americas in the R4 Air Rifle – 10m – Standing Position Misto SH2. With 628.3 points, Alexandre ranked 16th, while the capixaba scored 625.6 points and finished in 22nd place.

The race had other athletes from the Americas and all had a lower performance than the Brazilians. North Americans Jazmin Almlie (621.5 points) and Madison Champion (612.7 points) were in 38th and 50th place respectively. Canadian Doug Blessin (620.7 points) finished the race in 42nd place. Finally, the Uruguayan Carmelo Milan, with 618.7 points, found himself in 45th position.

Then, on Friday the 11th, Alexandre competed in his second contest of the tournament and placed 29th in the R9 Air Rifle – 50m – Mixed Prone Position SH2.

In clay pigeon shooting (trap), on Thursday 10, São Paulo André Colin placed 12th in the qualifying round, with 98 hits, and did not advance to the final. Carlos Garletti was the last Brazilian to compete in the World Cup, this Wednesday the 16th. In the R6 Air Rifle – 50m – Prone Position Mixed SH1, the native of Paraná ranked 21st in his series, with 592, 9 points, and did not advance in the litigation.

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