RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Anna Korakaki took a deep breath and let it out slowly.
She had been one point from an Olympic gold medal, leading 6-0, in the women's 25-meter pistol final on Tuesday but began to choke. She hit a wrong target and missed one completely, allowing Monika Karsch of Germany to draw level at 6-6.
Her father and coach, Tasos Korakakis, sitting not far behind, couldn't bear to watch, preferring to look at the floor, his pants, the hands in his lap.
Karsch started the seventh five-shot series hitting the wrong target, and Korakaki retook the lead going to the last shot.