The 49-year-old claimed the gold medal with his last shot in the men's rifle standing SH1 final on the first day of the competition, which is taking place in the German city Suhl.

He had taken an early lead but let this slip with his 19th shot, as South Korea's Seungchul Lee took the advantage.

But the final shot saw Lee firing a 9.4 against Jacobsson's 10.5, allowing him to take gold with a score of 204.2.

"I was thinking on the last shot that I need a good 10," Jacobsson said.

"I have taken 17 gold medals in the World Championships before, and the guy next to me hasn't had a gold medal yet.

"So I knew that he would be having a lot of thoughts in the last shot, and that if I could shoot a good 10, then he might shoot a nine.

"I knew that I had to shoot pretty quickly, because that would put the pressure on him, as if it was a good shot, the audience would cheer and he would hear it.

"So I tried to shoot before him and shoot a good 10, and it worked."

Ukraine's Andrii Doroshenko took the bronze medal in the event, which also saw two world records broken - South Korea's Jinho Park smashed a qualification world record with 626.8 and helped his country to break the team record of 1853.9.

There was also gold for Slovakia's Veronika Vadovicova in the R2 women's 10m standing SH1.

Veronika Vadovicova took gold in the R2 women's 10m standing SH1 ©Getty Images



Despite Turkey's Cagla Bas leading with five shots to go, Vadovicova pushed through the final stages as she consistently shot around the 10 mark, including an impressive 10.5 with her final effort to claim the title.

Bas took silver and South Korea's Yunri Lee claimed the bronze.

Meanwhile, Ukraine's Vasyl Kovalchuk clinched the world title in the R9 mixed 50m rifle prone SH2 scoring 621.0 with consistent shooting as three world records were also broken in the event.

"It is my first gold medal in R9 rifle," Kovalchuk said.

"I have been trying to win a gold medal in this event for four years.

"My dream has come true, not just because of the hard work [I have put in] but because of all the support of my colleagues and coaches."

Great Britain's James Bevis took silver with a score of 615.2 and Croatia's Ivica Bratanovic secured the bronze with 613.5.

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