Olympics-Shooting-Gold lightens grief for Serbia's pistol pair


Paris 2024 Olympics - Shooting - 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Gold Medal - Chateauroux Shooting Centre, Deols, France - July 30, 2024. Gold medallists Zorana Arunovic of Serbia and Damir Mikec (R) of Serbia pose with their medals REUTERS/Amr Alfiky

CHATEAUROUX, France (Reuters) - With emotion bubbling inside them, Serbian pair Zorana Arunovic and Damir Mikec showed tremendous resilience to win the 10-metre air pistol mixed team gold at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday.

The pair erased an early six-point deficit and came back from the brink to beat their Turkish opponents 16-14 in the nerve-racking gold medal duel at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre.

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