NJ's Emmons Shoots His Way to Bronze

Browns Mills native holds on to medal in Men's 50M Rifle, 3 Positions

New Jersey’s shooting star Matt Emmons once again can call himself an Olympic medalist.

The Browns Mills native finished third in the Men’s 50-Meter Rifle, 3 Positions competition.

Emmons took home gold in 50M Rifle Prone Position at the 2004 Athens Games and took home silver in that event at the 2008 Beijing Games. On Monday he completed his Olympic set by winning bronze by holding off France’s Cyril Graff by three-tenths of a point after another late misfire.

Emmons, who blew late leads in his past two Olympics, actually entered the final round in second after posting an impressive 1172 in qualifiers. But, South Korea’s Jonghyun Kim posted a final round score of 1010.5 to Emmons’ 99.3 to overtake the New Jersey native after Emmons posted a 7.6 on his final shot.

Italy’s Niccolo Campriani set a final Olympic record of 1278.5 points to win gold.

WATCH: Final: Men's 50m Rifle, 3 Positions

This was the first time Emmons competed in the Three Positions event at an Olympics.

The bronze also redeemed Emmons’ Olympics after he finished 35th in the Men’s 10-Meter Air Rifle competition earlier in the London Games.

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