Norway's Duestad wins women's 50m rifle 3 positions gold at ISSF World Cup

Cairo, Oct 14 (UNI) Norway's Jeanette Hegg Duestad won the women's 50m rifle three positions gold at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol here, returning to the city where she claimed the world title last year. The reigning world champion scored 362.7 points to secure gold on Tuesday, ahead of the Czech Republic's Veronika Blazickova, who took silver with 358.9, while Denmark's Rikke Maeng Ibsen claimed bronze with 349.1. Duestad topped the qualification round with 592 points before taking an early lead in the final. She scored 208.9 points across the kneeling and prone stages and maintained…