Olympic Shooting 2016: Medal Winners and Scores After Thursday's Results

Barbara Engleder of Germany captured the women's 50-metre rifle 3 positions gold medal at the 2016 Olympics Games on Thursday as the athlete fired her way to success in Brazil.

The new champion punched the air and fell to her knees as she bettered her fourth-place finish in the women's 10-metre air rifle event.

The German soldier scored 458.6 in the final to push Binbin Zhang of China into the silver medal position. Compatriot Du Li claimed bronze.

Teenage American prodigy Ginny Thrasher narrowly missed out on the final, unable to add to her gold medal in the women's 10-metre air rifle. She finished in 11th place with 581 points on the board in qualification.

Here is the final standing for the event:

Place	Athlete	Country	Score
Gold	Barbara Engleder	Germany	458.6
Silver	Binbin Zhang	China	458.4
Bronze	Du Li	China	447.4

And now a look at the updated medal count from Rio:

Germany Halt Late Charge By China

Engleder snatched the gold with her final shot of the competition as she broke Chinese hearts in Rio. The confident German screamed in ecstasy and fell to the floor when she realised she was the champion at the expense of Zhang.

The 33-year-old prevailed by only 0.2 as she bettered her competition by the slimmest of margins in a new scoring system for 2016, taking a newly revised Olympic record as a result.

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Engleder had competed in the event at the 2012 Games, placing an impressive sixth, and has consistently challenged for honours over the past decade without winning the coveted Olympic gold medal.

Nina Christen bombed out in the final after impressing hugely in qualification. The Switzerland shooter could only manage a score of 414.8 as she exited in sixth spot.

She was soon followed by Italian Petra Zublasing, who was one of a handful to match Christen's effort during the qualification round.

The medals were to be decided by the eventual champion and chasing rifle shooters from China, but Zhang and Li couldn't produce the accuracy with their final efforts.

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Engleder was impressive down the home stretch and dug deep into her knowledge and experience to beat China's top pair.

The German has tasted the finals of the Olympics in previous years, and she produced a steely resolve when it mattered most at the summit.

Li appeared ready to challenge the soldier for gold after her disappointment in the women's 10-metre air rifle when Thrasher edged her 208-207 to steal the gold in Rio's first medal event of the 2016 Games.