Balsley finishes 38th in World Cup
Brad Balsley’s first international competition since his gold medal-winning performance at the Pan Am Games fell short of another round of six performance.
Balsley, a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marksmanship Unit stationed in Fort Benning, Ga., finished 38th over in the ISSF World Cup event in Gabala, Azerbaijan with a total score of 567-13x in the two series.
The 2006 Uniontown graduate scored 279 in Tuesday’s first series and improved in Wednesday’s Stage 2 with 288 points.
American teammate Keith Sanderson advanced to Qualification Finals in the sixth position and that’s where he finished overall.
China’s Hoazhe Hu won the gold medal with 32 points, edging countryman Jiajie Lao by two points. France’s Boris Artaud was third with 25 points.