Sho: Diamond scrapes into trap final

AAP General News (Australia)
08-10-2008
Sho: Diamond scrapes into trap final

MICHAEL DIAMOND faces an enormous challenge to claim a third Olympic trap shooting
gold medal after scraping into the six-man final today.

The Australian world record holder and world champion was forced into a three-man "sudden-death"

shoot off after they finished the qualifying rounds locked in equal fifth place.

DIAMOND and Croatian JOSIP GLASNOVIC got through to the final when German KARSTEN BINDRICH
missed his third attempt.

But points from the qualifying rounds carry over to the final so DIAMOND will start
two points behind the joingt leaders - Russian ALEXEY ALIPOV, who won gold in Athens four
years ago, and Czech DAVID KOSTELECKY.

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