埃蒙斯悲劇重演 最後一槍失手銀牌變銅大綱

Matt Emmons earned a coveted spot on the podium and shook off his own curse — sort of.

Emmons, 31, won a gold medal at the Athens Games in 2004 in the 50-meter rifle prone and a silver medal in Beijing in 2008. But at both Games, Emmons misfired on his final shot in the 50-meter rifle three position, missing out on a spot at the podium both times, finishing eighth in 2004 and fourth in 2008.

Heading into the 50-meter rifle three position final here Monday afternoon, Emmons was in second place with a score of 1,172, trailing Niccolo Campriani of Italy, who scored 1,180. Many wondered whether Emmons would earn the podium or choke on that final shot.

Emmons’s first nine shots were amazingly consistent, putting him back and forth with Jonghyun Kim of South Korea for a silver medal. Campriani was far ahead.

Emmons made his 10th shot, and the crowd held its breath waiting for the result.

Then, the score popped up. On the fateful last shot, Emmons foundered, shooting 7.6. He and the crowd at the Royal Artillery Barracks waited to see whether he would make the podium. He earned a bronze medal, finishing with a score of 1,271.3. Campriani set an Olympic record and snagged the gold medal with a score of 1,278.5; Kim took the silver with 1,272.5.

“Just to be on the podium at the Olympics is a very special feeling,” Emmons said. “And I’m very, very happy for that. I’m very happy to be up there with bronze.

“Of course, silver is great, gold is great, but given what I had to work with today, it was a really tough match. Probably the toughest match I’ve ever had to shoot.”

Heading into the final shot, “I was much more nervous than I wanted to be,” he said.

The last four years have been “really tough,” Emmons said.

In 2009, Emmons and his wife, Katerina, also a shooter, were happy to give birth to a daughter.美國射擊名將馬修-埃蒙斯在倫敦奧運會男子50米步槍三姿賽中摘得銅牌，擺脫了最後一槍失手丟牌的魔咒—當然只是在部分程度上這樣。

31歲的埃蒙斯曾在2004年雅典奧運會上獲得50米步槍臥射金牌，在08年北京奧運會也摘得一枚銀牌。但在這兩屆奧運會上，埃蒙斯都在50米步槍三姿賽的最後一槍失手，將金牌拱手讓與他人。他在這兩屆奧運會上分別名列第八和第四。

在週一下午舉行的50米步槍三姿賽預賽中，埃蒙斯以1172環的成績位列次席，僅次於意大利選手尼可拉-卡普里亞尼，他的成績爲1180環。很多人都在想埃蒙斯會穩拿獎牌還是再次兵敗最後一槍。

決賽中，埃蒙斯的前9槍發揮非常穩定，與韓國選手金玄宗不相上下，有希望奪得銀牌。卡普里亞尼的成績則遙遙領先。

埃蒙斯打出最後一槍後，人們屏氣凝神，等待結果。

結果出來了。在至關重要的最後一槍，埃蒙斯又失手了，只打出了7.6環。他和在皇家炮團軍營觀看比賽的觀衆們都在等待結果，看能否摘得一枚獎牌。最終他以1271.3環的成績摘得銀牌。卡普里亞尼打破奧運會紀錄，以1278.5環的成績奪得金牌。金玄宗以1272.5環的成績摘得銀牌。

埃蒙斯說：“登上奧運領獎臺的感覺很特別。我非常開心，能得銅牌我很開心。”

“能得銀牌或者金牌當然最好，但就今天的比賽來看，真是一場硬仗。也許是我參加過的最艱難的比賽了。”

他說，打到最後一槍時，“我自己也不想這麼緊張。”

埃蒙斯說，過去的四年對他而言“太艱難了”。

在2009年，埃蒙斯與他的妻子卡特琳娜生下了女兒。卡特琳娜也是一名射擊選手。