Havana, May 8 (JIT).- Cuban Jorge Félix Álvarez looked good during the second round of classifications of the 25-meter rapid fire modality, in the Baku 2024 Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun World Cup, but he did not was enough to sneak into the final this Wednesday.

The Havana shooter surpassed his results from the first round of shooting, achieving a score of 293 points, six more than on Monday, but his overall score placed him in 17th place with 580 points, among the 60 shooters who competed. in the test.

His teammate, double Olympic medalist Leuris Pupo, came in behind him this time. He managed to score 281 points which, added to the 290 achieved in the first round, gave him a cumulative score of 571, finishing in 34th place.

Yuehong Li and Xinjie Wang, from China, the Germans Oliver Geis and Florian Peter, the Czech Martin Podhrasky and the Frenchman Clement Bessaguet advanced to the final.

Cuba's Lisbet Hernández also competed on Tuesday in the women's three-position 50-meter rifle qualifying rounds. She achieved a mark of 561.

According to the calendar, starting this Wednesday the four Cubans will shoot again at the Shooting Center of the Azeri city. The joust has the particularity that, in the bullet events, it will be competed twice.

A week after the competition began in the capital of Azerbaijan, the women's 25-meter pistol world record achieved on this day by the South Korean Jiin Yang stands out, who equaled her own mark of 41 points.

The 20-year-old repeated the feat she achieved at the Asian championship held in Jakarta last January and won the category title.

China's Nan Zhao and Germany's Josefin Eder won the silver and bronze medals, in that order.

The Asian Giant team continues to lead the medal table by country, now with 11 metals (3-4-4). South Korea (2-1-1) and Australia (1-1) occupy places two and three of the general table.