Jen Breaks Final Record
Published Saturday 2 June 2012 13:30 by

Jen McIntosh qualified for the ISSF World Cup Finals in Bangkok in October and set a new British Final record with a total of 658.2 at the ISSF World Cup in Munich.

And with the Olympics edging ever closer results like this will only strengthen her belief and show she can compete at the highest level.

There was cause for more celebration for Jen as her qualifying shooting rounds of 585 equalled the British record in the Women’s 3P Rifle earlier in the day.

Jen’s 585 in qualifying was made up of a perfect 200 prone, 193 (96, 97) standing and 192 (98, 94) kneeling. This was one point ahead of her previous best although she did shoot a 586 earlier in the year but it did not count for record purposes as it was on an indoor range in Dortmund.

She qualified for the final in 7th place where she fired another 10 shots which scored her decimally 100.2 and moved her up to 6th in the standings with a total of 685.2, four points better than the previous British record.

This was Jen’s first final at a World Cup and only her 7th World Cup with her previous best being 10th place finishes in Fort Benning and Belgrade. At Fort Benning she only failed on making the final through a shoot-off. 

As well as her British record Jen shot 396 in the Air Rifle which was off final pace but her best score at a World Cup to date and only one off her PB.

Jen clinched a place at the World Cup Final in Bangkok with her score and placing and this should be a good challenge for her as she will put to the test against the top qualifiers from throughout the year in addition to the current champion and the medallists from this year’s Olympics and World Championships.

On her strong showing in Munich, Jen said, “I'm delighted with the progress shown in Munich, building on an intensive period of training camps in Qatar, Magaliesburg (South Africa) & Hannover and competitions in Dortmund, London & Hannover over the last three months.”

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