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Boza Dibos, who won the silver medal at the 1984 Los Angeles
Games, hit 11 of his 15 targets in the gold medal match while
Argentina's Fernando Borello missed his last three targets and
settled for 10 of 15.
"I never imagined that I would be so lucky to win the gold,"
Boza Dibos, who was Peru's flag bearer in the Opening Ceremony
of the 2004 Athens Olympic, told reporters. "I left the sport
three years ago and worked for the government. I started
training in October 2014."
While Borello had to settle for the silver medal, he also
qualified for the Rio Games as a top two finisher in the event,
one of a handful of disciplines at the July 10-26 Pan Am Games
offering athletes a chance to secure an Olympic berth.
But for 50-year-old Boza Dibos, who finished first in trap at
the 1993 Shooting Championship of the Americas, winning the gold
medal more than exceed his expectations.
"This is a surprise for me to win. I never expected to do it,"
said Boza Dibos.
"I feel that this is good for the youth of Peru to get ready to
represent our country in four years."
(Editing by Greg Stutchbury)
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