Cairo 300 m Worlds: Austria wins prone team gold
Austria finishes ahead of Switzerland and Poland. Pascal Bachmann-Senti and Gilles Dufaux also reach the podium in the closing events.
The closing competitions in Cairo brought further success for Austria and Switzerland at 300 m (328.1 yrd). Austria won the men's prone team event with 1782 points, ahead of Switzerland (1780) and Poland (1777). Patrick Diem, Andreas Thum and Alexander Schmirl represented Austria. The team standings were based on the elimination rounds of 18 October 2026.
Three athletes scored 597 in the individual event on 19 October. Finland's Aleksi Leppa won with 37 inner tens, ahead of Slovenia's Robert Markoja (32) and Switzerland's Pascal Bachmann-Senti (24). Alexander Schmirl placed fifth with 596.
Romania's Peter Sidi won the concluding Standard Rifle Open event on 19 October with 585. Switzerland's Gilles Dufaux finished second ahead of Aleksi Leppa; both scored 583.
In the women's prone event on 18 October, Switzerland's Michèle Bertschi and Anja Bachmann-Senti led with 596 each. Bertschi prevailed on inner tens, 34 to 31, followed by Norway's Jenny Vatne with 595. The minimum participation requirement was not met, so this was not an official World Championship event: no official world titles or medals were awarded.
Sources: ISSF reports dated 18 and 19 October and Swiss Shooting Federation report dated 18 October 2026. Research checked on 20 October 2026.
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