The Swede also claimed an incredible 19th world crown in the process.

The veteran hinted that he may well be ready to put his gun away for the last time after he defeated Abdulla Sultan Alaryani of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the men's 50 metre rifle three positions SH1.

Alaryani has been getting some guidance from Jacobsson in recent months and it showed as he set a world record 1175-50x in qualification.

However, it was a case of the master beating the apprentice as 17-time Paralympic champion Jacobsson led by 3.2 after 40 shots in the final.

Despite the man from the UAE applying some late pressure, Jacobsson fired a 10.2 to finish with 454.6, while Alaryani finished with a 9.4 to score 452.8.

The bronze medal went to the South Korea's Jinho Park.

"It felt really good," said the 49-year-old, who has won a gold medal at every Paralympic Games since Arnhem in 1980.

Jacobsson has won 17 Paralympic gold medals to add to his 19 world titles in an illustrious career ©Getty Images



"I haven't decided yet, but this might be my last match, so it was really good to win it," he added.

"I didn't shoot well this morning.

"I couldn't really find the drive to do it this morning.

"But I found it for the final and I am really happy with that.

"You can't really afford to do any real mistakes.

"If you shoot a couple of nines, as long as they are good nines then that is okay, but you can't afford a big mistake because then you are gone.

"So you need to be focused all the time."

That was the final action of the IPC Shooting Championships in Suhl, Germany which saw 265 shooters from 53 countries competing across eight days of action.

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