This photo released by Olympics.com shows Lu Kaiman of China (center), Anna Korakaki of Greece (left) and Zorana Arunovic of Serbia (right) during women's 10m air pistol at the world championships in Cairo on Oct 15, 2022.

CAIRO - Lu Kaiman of China held her nerve to beat Rio Olympic champion Anna Korakaki of Greece 16-10 for women's 10m air pistol gold at the world championships here on Saturday.

Lu beat 35-year-old Zorana Arunovic of Serbia to third by 0.1 points through a 10.6 final shot in the ranking match to squeeze into the gold medal match against Korakaki, who was 1.6 points ahead of her.

Lu Kaiman of China beat 35-year-old Zorana Arunovic of Serbia to third by 0.1 points through a 10.6 final shot in the ranking match to squeeze into the gold medal match against Rio Olympic champion Anna Korakaki, who was 1.6 points ahead of her

However, in the gold medal match, Korakaki made six sub-10 out of her first 10 shots, which saw Lu one step from the gold at 14-6. Although the 26-year-old Greek made a 10.6 to trail 14-8 and got away with a 9.6 as Lu made 9.5, her 9.8 shot gave Lu another chance to clinch the victory, which the 22-year-old seized with a 10.4.

Arunovic's bronze was enough to earn Serbia one of the four Paris 2024 quotas on offer in this event. Elmira Karapetyan also obtained one for Armenia despite a fifth-place finish after another Chinese shooter Li Xue, as one National Olympic Committee can obtain no more than one quota in any individual event.

Olympic bronze medalist Jiang Ranxin, who topped the qualification, failed to recover from a 47.9 first series and ranked seventh.

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This photo released by Olympics.com shows Zhang Yifan during a match of men's 10m air pistol at the world championships in Cairo on Oct 15, 2022.

Meanwhile, China's Liu Jinyao came back from eight points behind to edge compatriot Zhang Yifan 17-15 in a dramatic gold medal match of men's 10m air pistol at the world championships here on Saturday.

Liu shook off a shaky start to earn second place in the ranking match, where Zhang led all the way and trailed by 10-2 in the gold medal match.

Although the 24-year-old managed to win the following three shots when Zhang failed to score more than 10.0, and cut the deficit to 10-8, he had to surrender two more points as Zhang proclaimed a comeback with a perfect 10.9.

Liu Jinyao shook off a shaky start to earn second place in the ranking match, where Zhang Yifan led all the way and trailed by 10-2 in the gold medal match

It looked like Zhang was about to take the crown after winning another shot to make it 14-8, yet Liu tied the game 15-15 and made a superb 10.8 in the deciding shot to beat Zhang's solid 10.3.

Pavlo Korostylov of Ukraine finished third ahead of Lee Won-ho of South Korea. Another Chinese shooter Zhang Bowen was in fifth place.

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The World Championships are also a qualifier for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, with four quota places on offer in each individual event. As one National Olympic Committee can obtain no more than one quota in any individual event, Pakistan was allocated a Paris quota with Gulfam Joseph in sixth place.