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Interpretation of the ISSF Rule 6.4.2.1. regarding Shooter’s Clothing – UPDATED

ISSF Rule 6.4.2.1. It is the responsibility of the competitor to appear on the ranges dressed in a manner appropriate to a public event. This must be controlled by the Jury….

All sports are concerned with the image they present to the public and media.  Olympic sports, in particular, are judged by whether their competitors look like athletes and their officials appear professional.  Shooting’s ability to grow as a sport and its future status in the Olympic movement may be affected by how its athletes and officials appear to the public and media.

Recent evaluations made by ISSF leaders in cooperation with IOC and media officials have identified concerns regarding certain clothing worn by shooters during competitions and award ceremonies.  Of special concern are blue jeans and ragged cut-off shorts worn by pistol and shotgun shooters during qualification and final round competitions.  There have also been cases of clothing worn during award ceremonies that clearly does not represent the sport of shooting or the national federations, Olympic committees or nations of those athletes in a positive way.

CLOTHING REGULATIONS

In order to address this situation and achieve positive change, the ISSF Executive Committee provides the following guidelines regarding how Rule 6.4.2.1 will be interpreted and enforced, beginning in 2010:

1      All clothing worn by competitors in training, elimination, qualification and final round competitions and in award ceremonies must be clothing that is appropriate for wear by athletes in international-class competition.  All clothing must convey positive images of shooting athletes as competitors in an Olympic sport.

2      During award or other ceremonies, athletes are required to be dressed in their official national uniform or national tracksuits (tops and bottoms of training or warm-up uniforms including sport shoes).  For teams, all members of the team must wear the same national uniforms. Rule 6.17.5.5.

3    Pistol competitors must comply with Pistol Clothing Regulations described in Rule 8.4.5.

4    Shotgun competitors must comply with Shotgun Clothing Regulations described in Rule 9.9.1.

5    Rifle competitors must wear shooting jackets and trousers that comply with Rifle Clothing Regulations described in Rule 7.4.6.

6   The intention of ISSF pistol and shotgun clothing rules is that shooters in competitions must wear sports-type clothing that incorporates or displays national, NOC or NF colors and emblems.  Appropriate clothing for wear during competitions includes training suits, tracksuits or warm-up uniforms, etc. as issued by national federations or NOCs.

7    Prohibited clothing items for competitions and award ceremonies include blue jeans, jeans or similar trousers in non-sporting colors, camouflage clothing, sleeveless T-shirts, shorts that are too short, ragged cut-off shorts, all types of sandals, trousers with patches or holes as well as shirts or trousers with non-sporting or inappropriate messages (See Rule 6.10.1).

8    Changing clothing must be done in designated areas and not on the field of play.

9    All clothing must comply with ISSF Eligibility and Sponsorship Rules regarding the display of manufacturer and sponsor marks.

10  In principle the ISSF Dress Code applies to ISSF Jury Members and National Technical Officials including Range Officers and Shotgun Referees. These officials may not wear any prohibited clothing items and must wear officials’ uniforms or other appropriate clothing during all competition.

ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES

- ISSF Equipment Control, Shotgun, Pistol and Rifle Juries are responsible for enforcing ISSF Clothing Regulations and this interpretation of ISSF Clothing Regulations.

- During the 2010 World Cups, ISSF Juries will issue verbal warnings regarding violations.  Juries will maintain a record of all warnings issued, noting the shooter’s name, national federation and specific violation.  ISSF Technical Delegates will forward this information to ISSF Headquarters.  ISSF Headquarters will request National Federations with many athletes that receive warnings to assist in correcting these violations.

- Beginning with the 2010 World Shooting Championship, ISSF Juries will issue written warnings with requests to correct clothing violations for first violations.  Athletes who receive written warnings and who do not correct clothing violations (change clothing) will be disqualified.  Juries will normally give warnings during equipment inspection or training.   Juries may allow a competitor to complete a pre-event training series or stage (shotgun or 25m pistol) before changing if sufficient time to change is not available.   No athlete will be permitted to participate in a qualification or final round competition while wearing inappropriate or prohibited clothing.

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Manavjit Singh Sandhu climbed up the scoreboard, outscoring Italy’s Daniele Resca and USA’s John Mullins to finish on the highest step of the podium with a total score of 145 hits.

The 2006 ISSF World Champion, India’s Manavjit Singh Sandhu, won today’s Trap Men final round, claiming Gold with a total score of 145 hits.

Shooting in a hot and windy Mexican afternoon, Sandhu made it to the final round with 122 targets after, one target behind the qualification’s leader Resca of Italy.

The Indian ace shooters shot his way to the highest step of the podium by hitting 23 out of 25 targets during the final round. Shooting solidly, he climbed up the scoreboard, first tying Resca, and then overtaking him at the 24^th final target, as the Italian missed a fatal clay sliding in second place.

“I did not realize that I was going to win until the last shots. It has been a very close competition: I only won by one target. – Sandhu said – I shot aggressively up until the end and eventually made it to the top.”

“It was a long trip here from India but it was worth it! – added Sandhu – I am planning to take part in most of the ISSF World Cup stages, this year. My aim for the future? The Olympic Games, of course,” concluded the Indian Gold medallists, probably thinking of the ISSF World Championship that will take place in Munich next August, where the first Olympic Quota Places will be awarded.

Sandhu, 33-year old, is currently ranked tenth in the Trap Men world ranking, The Indian shooter finished twice on the podium last year, as he won a Bronze medal at the 2009 ISSF World Cup in Minsk (BLR) and a Gold medal at the Asian Championship in Almaty (KAZ).

Italy’s Daniele Resca, 23, competing in the second ISSF World Cup final match of his international career, missed four targets in the final. Finishing with a total score of 144 hits, he lost the leadership he had gained through the qualification and had to pass through a shoot-off against USA’s John Mullins to secure the Silver medal with a total of 144 targets plus 3 hits in the shoot-off.

John Mullins, 22, today’s youngest finalists, finished in third place with 144 targets plus 2 hits in the shoot-off, winning his first international medal. The young athlete had participated in four ISSF World Cup stages since 2006, but he had never made it to the podium, before.

Another first-time finalist, India’s 32-year old Anirudh Singh, closed the match in fourth place with 143 hits + 2, after shooting-off the seven-time World Cup Final winner Giovanni Pellielo of Italy by 2 to 1 hits.

While Pellielo placed in fifth with 143 +1 hits, the Silver medallist of the 2007 World Cup in Changwon, Spain’s Alberto Fernandez, ended up in sixth place with a total score of 142 clays.

The ISSF World Cup in Acapulco continues: the Double Trap Men final round will take place on Saturday the 6th, in the first hours of the afternoon. Check the schedule of competition!

Shooter, World Cup ace Sandhu, Trap Men

A first time finalist, Yang Huan of China, won the Trap Women final by beating Olympic medallists Cogdell (USA) and Gelisio (ITA).

The Trap Women event opened the 2010 ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Acapulco (MEX), the first appointment of this year’s ISSF World Cup Series.

The 25-year old Chinese shooter Yang Huan won the final match, claiming Gold with a total score of 92 hits. The young athlete was competing for the second time in an ISSF championship: she had shot her first international match at the World Cup in Cairo, last year, placing in fourteenth.

Yang surprised everybody by making it into today’s final round with the highest qualification score of 72 hits, and by leading the final with no hesitations in spite of being the less experienced athlete of the squad. Throughout the one-shot final, she hit twenty out of twenty-five targets, fighting neck and neck with the Olympic Bronze medallist Corey Cogdell of the USA and with the Italian Olympian Gelisio right to the last shot, securing her first international medal with one target of advantage on them.

Beijing’s Bronze Corey Cogdell of the USA, who had entered the final round tied to Yang with a qualification score of 72 hits, finished the final match in second, winning the Silver medal with a total score of 91 hits, just one target far from the highest step of the podium.

“It hasn’t been easy – Cogdell said after the award ceremony – I am coming from Colorado Springs: it’s winter, there, while here we are shooting under this sun!”

“Of course I am happy with my medal – continued the American Champion – I made it into the final with the top score, and I am definitely looking forward to get good results in the next World Cup Stages. I will probably be at the next stage, in Beijing.”

Corey Cogdell, 23- year old, had won her last ISSF World Cup Medal in 2007, when she shot Bronze in Changwon, Korea, and her last podium dated back to the 2008 Olympic Games, when she won the Trap Women Bronze in Beijing.

Italy’s most experienced Trap Women shooter, the three-time Olympian Deborah Gelisio, 34, finished in third place, securing Bronze with a total score of 90 hits. She was followed by Canada’s Cynthia Meyer, fourth with 89 hits, by China’s Qi Qiuwen in fifth with 88 hits and by San Marino’s Alessandra Perilli, sixth with 86 hits.

World Cup TRAP WOMEN

The first leg of the 2010 ISSF Shotgun World Cup kicked-off today in Acapulco, Mexico, where the competition is taking place from the 1st through the 10th of March.

The first 2010 ISSF Shotgun World Cup Stage started today in Acapulco, Mexico, where athletes coming from 35 countries will compete in the five Olympic events of Trap, Double Trap and Skeet. Acapulco’s World Cup is the first step of this year’s ISSF competitions, leading to the ISSF World Championship in all events that will be held in Munich next July, where the first Olympic Quota Places for London 2012 will be awarded.

The ISSF President Mr. Olegario Vazquez Raña leaded the opening ceremony of the competition. A number of media followed the event on site, while teams paraded through the venue and a group of local artists performed traditional dances and music.

“Welcome to the ISSF World Cup in Acapulco” said President Vazquez Raña “In the next days, we will see the best shooters of the World competing in Mexico for the first time since 1991. Here we have the unique chance to see champions from all over the world competing along the shooting starts of the future.”

“I would like to thank the authorities of the Guerrero State and of Acapulco for their support in the realization of this event – added the President – and Sr. Jorge Peña, the President of the Mexican shooting Federation, for the restless efforts he put in the organization of this World Cup. I wish the best to the athletes!”

The athletes were welcomed by the Major of Acapulco’s Municipality Dr. Manuel Añorve Baños and by the Governor of the Guerrero State, Mr. Zaferino Torreblanca, who declared opened the competition and thanked the participants of this first ISSF World Cup stage.

The first final match, the Trap Women Final, will take place tomorrow afternoon, at 4.30 PM Acapulco time (GMT-6). Follow the match on ISSF TV at www.issf-sports.org!

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Updated training opportunities offered by the German Shooting Sport Federation to teams and athletes participating in the 2010 ISSF World Championship in Munich. Training Centres, Clubs, Reservation details and contacts have been updated.

The 50th ISSF World Championship in all events will take place at the 1972 Olympic Shooting Range of Munich, Germany, from the 29th of July through the 11th of August.

The World Championship is going to be the most important competition of the 2010 season, with more than 2300 shooters participating. The Championship is regarded as an important step on the road to the 2012 Olympic Games in London, as the first Olympic Quota Places will be awarded during the event.

The German Shooting Sport Federation is offering the special training opportunities for teams participating in the World Championship, and will provide several training spots in Germany to those athletes willing to get used to possible time differences and to the climate conditions in Germany. Athletes and team are now able to book training sessions at the National Olympic Training Centre of the German Shooting Sport Federation in Wiesbaden or at other Regional Training Centres in Germany. All shooting sport facilities offered by the German Shooting Federation as training spots are provided with international standard.

The German Shooting Sport Federation informs that reservations should be done directly by getting in contact with the training centres.

AVAILABLE TRAINING CENTRES (information provided by the German Shooting Sport Federation)

1 – National Olympic Training Centre of the German Shooting Sport Federation

2 – Regional Training Centre of Westfalia

3 – Regional Training Centre in Brandenburg

4 – Regional Training Centre of Lower Saxony

5 – Regional Training Centre of Baden Württenberg

6 – Regional Training Centre of Thüringen

7 – Regional Training Centre of Bavaria East

8 – Local Training Centre Munich (Shooting Club ‘Hauptschuetzengesellschaft München’)

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