Olympic Shooting 2016: Saturday's Medal Winners, Scores and Results

Shooting at the 2016 Olympics is starting to wind down, though Saturday featured two medal events on the men's side in the 25-meter rapid-fire pistol and skeet finals. The skeet is the headlining event with 27-year-old American Vincent Hancock seeking his third straight Olympic gold medal.In the 25-meter rapid-fire pistol contest, everyone was chasing defending Olympic gold medalistLeuris Pupo. The 39-year-old from Cuba had never before medaled in this event in three previous Olympics before 2012.Here are the final results from Saturday's shooting events.Men's 25m Rapid-Fire PistolGermany continues to dazzle in shooting events at these Olympics, earning a third gold medal in three days behind Christian Reitz's score of 34 points in the final.John Marshall of the Associated Press provided the details:Barbara Engleder won the women's50-meter rifle three positions event on Thursday.Henri Junghaenel took home gold in the men's50-meter rifle prone event.Per Matthew Micali of NBCOlympics.com, Reitz's 34 points in the final tied an Olympic record. He breezed to victory without any real challenge, beatingJean Quiquampoix by four points.Quiquampoix did need a surge to earn his silver medal. The French star got a perfect five out of five to stave off elimination, before following that up with another perfect score to advance to the medal round and at least keep some pressure on Reitz.Quiquampoix andLi Yuehong went back and forth during the medal round, withQuiquampoix breaking a tie in the third round of a shoot off with five points. Pepo finished fifth, failing to medal for the fourth time in five Olympic appearances.This was the moment Reitz has been building toward since he won bronze at the 2008 Olympics. He was part of Germany's gold medal-winning team at the 2013 European Championships, but this is his first major singles title.
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