An average day for CISM military athletes at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games - Day 10

TOKYO (FRA) - While our military athletes had been accustomed to numerous titles and high-level performances, the day of 2 August 2021 will not remain in the annals of CISM and its athletes with a small total of two medals (one gold and one silver).

First of all, Chief Field Marshal Jean Quiquampoix, the 2016 World Military Shooting Champion in Doha, Qatar, became the Olympic champion in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Individual Men (Shooting), beating out Cuba's Pupo and China's Li, who won silver and bronze respectively.

Jean Quiquampoix

Finally, in Artistic Gymnastics, Italian Corporal Vanessa Ferrari took second place in the Individual Women's Floor Exercise with a score of 14.200 behind US Olympic Champion Carey.

Vanessa Ferrari

Other results of the day from our military athletes include the following performances:

7th place :

• Corporal Vittoria Panizzon (ITA - Eventing Jumping Team - Equestrian)

8th place :

• Warrant Officer Velieva Khanum (RUS - Men's Greco-Roman -60kg - Wrestling)

• Master Corporal Eduard Popp (GER - Men's Greco-Roman -130kg - Wrestling)

• 3rd Sergeant Caio Campos Souza (BRA - Individual Men's Vault - Artistic Gymnastics)

• 3rd Sergeant Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti (BRA - Individual Men's Rings - Artistic Gymnastics)

For full results of the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games, please visit the official website of the Organising Committee.

Click here for the full list of the CISM military athletes ready to compete in these 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games!

(Source: CISM Media and Communication Department)