Points carried from the opening
Şevval İlayda Tarhan’s women’s 50 metre pistol gold in Doha can be read through two six-series scorecards. Turkey’s Tarhan finished on 546 points and Armenia’s Elmira Karapetyan on 542. Tarhan opened with 91 and 91; Karapetyan began with 88 and 83. The separation established at the start became part of the contest carried through to the final series.[1]
Tarhan’s third and fourth series brought 90 and 89 points. Karapetyan recorded 89 and 93 over the same stages. The two cards moved differently here: Karapetyan outscored her rival in the fourth series. The earlier series still remained in the overall calculation. These cards show the distance between scoring more in one series and moving ahead in the total ranking.[1]
In the fifth series Tarhan scored 93 and Karapetyan 94. Their final series scores were 92 and 95 respectively. Karapetyan closed with the higher score and took silver. Every series on Tarhan’s card counted towards the same total. Reading the finish solely through the final series leaves out the accumulation that determined the gold medal.[1]
The finish within the total
Tarhan’s sequence was 91, 91, 90, 89, 93 and 92. Karapetyan’s card read 88, 83, 89, 93, 94 and 95. My reading of this comparison is that improvement at the finish has to be considered alongside points left behind at the start. Karapetyan had the higher final series, while the six-series result placed Tarhan first.[1]
Turkey’s other competitor, Şimal Yılmaz, placed 14th with 522 points. Her final two series were 91 and 90, following opening series of 86 and 83. Her card also shows that the closing stages did not remove earlier points from the total. At the same distance, the result for each Turkish competitor encompassed every series.[1]