Makela-Nummela wins gold in the Women's Trap

Updated: 2008-08-11 16:28:43

(L-R) Zuzana Stefecekova, Satu Makela-Nummela and Corey Cogdell. (Photo credit: Getty Images)

(BEIJING, August 11) -- Despite missing four targets in the final, Satu Makela-Nummela of Finland did enough to win a gold medal in the Women's Trap in Beijing on August 11. Makela-Nummela finished with a final score of 91.

Makela-Nummela started strongly in the final to hit her first 11 targets. Her major opponent was Slovakia's Zuzana Stefecekova, who was tied in first place with Makela-Nummela after the qualification round on 70 points and missed three targets in her first 11 shots and fell behind Makela-Nummela in the opening stages of the final.

Though Makela-Nummela missed four of her last 14 targets, Stefecekova missed three targets herself and lost the opportunity to win the gold medal. Stefecekova finally finished with a silver medal after hitting a total of 89 targets.

The other four shooters in the final were tied on 86 hits, so a four-way shoot-off was held. The United States' Corey Cogdell won the bronze medal after being the only shooter to hit the target on her first shot in the shoot-off.