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2010 Shotgun World Cup kicked-off in Acapulco

March 12th, 2010
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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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ISSF Shotgun World Cup Final: the medal standings

November 7th, 2009
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20091102_Closing-4Five new champions walked out of this year’s ISSF World Cup Final. China closed the season on the lead with two Golds, followed by Australia, France and Germany.

The ISSF World Cup Final closed the 2009 competition season. The best shotgun shooters of the World Cup circuit, selected through the year, and the ISSF World Champions, met in Beijing to compete for the most prestigious title of the year. Ice, wind and artificial snow did not prevent the champions from shooting at their best.

The Chinese team won the overall medal standings of the 2009 ISSF World Cup Final in Shotgun events of Beijing. The home shooters made it to the top of the final rankings with two Gold and one Silver medals. The youngest Double Trap participant, Mo Junjie, secured the first Gold medal for the hosts, followed by his experienced teammate Liu Yingzi, who claimed Gold at the Trap Women final in spite of the severe weather conditions.

Three nations, Australia, France and Germany, tied in second place with one Gold medal each. It was the two-time Olympic Gold medallist Michael Diamond to bring Australia onto the overall medal standings, winning the Trap Men event in the coldest day of competition.

Beijing Olympic Bronze medallist, the France shooter Anthony Terras, claimed Gold at today’s Skeet Men event, climbing Beijing’s podium once more, 15 months after the Games.

Germany also made it to the podium, thanks to the Gold medal won by Christine Wenzel (Christine Brinker, before getting married, last September) at the Skeet Women competition.

The medal standings:

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total

CHN

2

1

0

3

AUS

1

0

0

1

FRA

1

0

0

1

GER

1

0

0

1

ITA

0

2

1

3

USA

0

1

1

2

SVK

0

1

0

1

CYP

0

0

1

1

FIN

0

0

1

1

RUS

0

0

1

1

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ISSF WCH – The medal standings and the records of Maribor

August 18th, 2009
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20090816_ClosingNEWS_001The 2009 ISSF Shotgun World Championships has been offically closed. Italy finished atop the medal standings, while the American team shot two new records.

The 2009 ISSF Shotgun World Championship has been closed by today’s Skeet Men Final won by USA’s Vincent HANCOCK. The championship saw the participation of more then 600 shooters coming from 70 countries, the youngest being 12-year old, the oldest 59. The competition took place at the Gaj Shooting Range in the outskirts of Maribor (SLO) from the 6th through the 17th of August.


“In behalf of the ISSF President Mr. Olegario Vazquez Raña and of the ISSF Secretary General Mr. Horst G. Schreiber, I would like to thanks the delegations, the athletes and the Organizing Committee of this ISSF World Championship;” said Mr. Demetris F. Lordos of Cyprus, the ISSF Technical Delegate for this Championship.


“We experienced in a wonderful competition in wonderful city, thank you all!” Concluded Mr. Lordos, greeted by the President of the Organizing Committee, Mr. Igor Rakusa “It was a great honour to host you here, I hope you will bring back good memories of Maribor.” Mr. Rakusa said.



The medal standings: Italy leaded the Championship

The Italian Shotgun team finished atop of the medal standings, winning an impressive total of 15 medals (also considering the team medals). Italy finished in first with the highest number of individual medals: three Gold, two Silver and four Bronzes.

Following in second place, the United States of America secured a total of ten medals, winning one individual Gold and two individual Silver medals. The Russian Federation closed the 2009 ISSF Shotgun World Championship in third place, with a total of six medals, and one individual medal of each colour.

The overral medal standings (including team medals)

Rank

NOC

GOLD

SILVER

BRONZE

TOT

1

ITA

6

4

5

15

2

USA

4

5

1

10

3

RUS

3

2

1

6

4

CHN

2

1

1

4

5

CZE

2

 -

1

3

6

SVK

1

1

1

3

6

SWE

1

1

1

3

8

GER

1

-

1

2

9

ESP

-

2

-

2

10

GBR

-

1

2

3

11

FIN

-

1

1

2

12

CYP

-

1

 -

1

12

THA

-

1

-

1

13

POL

 - -

1

1

13

POR

 - -

1

1

13

SMR

 - -

1

1

13

TUR

 - -

1

1

13

DEN

 - -

1

1

The medal standings (individual medals only)

Rank

NOC

GOLD

SILVER

BRONZE

TOT

1

ITA

3

2

4

9

2

USA

1

2

-

3

3

CHN

1

1

1

3

3

RUS

1

1

1

3

5

SWE

1

1

-

2

6

GER

1

-

1

2

7

CZE

1

 - -

1

7

SVK

1

-

-

1

9

CYP

 -

1

 -

1

9

ESP

-

1

-

1

9

THA

-

1

-

1

12

FIN

-

-

1

1

12

GBR

-

-

1

1

12

TUR

-

-

1

1

Five new World Records

Five new World Records were established during the 2009 ISSF World Championship, and two World Records were equalled. The United States of America contributed for the most part in the new records set during the competition, with two new World Records and one Equalled World Record.


- New World Records –

Skeet Men Team: 366 Targets – Vincent HANCOCK; Shawn DULOHERY; Frank THOMPSON (USA)

Trap Women Team: 211 Targets – Jessica ROSSI, Deborah GELISIO, Giulia IANNOTTI (ITA)

Trap Women Junior Team: 202 Targets – QI Qiuwen, XU Tian, WANG Yajun (CHN)

Skeet Women Junior: 74 Targets – Therese LUNDQVIST (SWE)

Skeet Women Junior Team: 204 Targets – Amber ENGLISH; Alexander CHIANG; Caitlin CONNER (USA)


- Equalled World Records –

Double Trap Men Team: 430 Targets – Jeffrey HOLGUIN, Joshua RICHMOND, Walton ELLER (USA)

Trap Women: 74 Targets – Satu MAKELA-NUMMELA (FIN)



Next challenge: ISSF World Cup Finals

59 shooters coming from 25 nations qualified to take part in the next ISSF world-level event, this year’s ISSF Shotgun World Cup Final, which will take place in Beijing from the 29th of October to the 3rd of November. The match will take place at the Olympic CTF Shooting Range of Beijing, the venue of the last Olympic Games.

Check who qualified for this year’s World Cup Final!

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Trap Men – Slovakia’s Kovacocy claimed Gold

August 10th, 2009
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20090809_TR125CHAMPION_001An odds-defying final crowned Slovakia’s Marian Kovacocy as the new Trap Men World Champion. Kovacocy outdid Italy’s Fabbrizzi at the very last shot, winning Gold with a total score of 146 hits.

Marian KOVACOCY, 24-year old, from Slovakia, is the new Trap Men World Champion. The Slovakian shooter won the Trap Men Final round with a total score of 146 hits, climbing up from the fifth place he held after the qualification rounds and upsetting any prediction.

“The shoot-off to get into the final has been quite stressing, but then I feld more confiident during the final round. It has been a tough match, but I feel great now!” Said KOVACOCY, who had to pass through a four-way shoot-off to enter the final round where he met Olympic and World Champions.

Shooting solidly, the Slovakian shooter missed only one clay throughout the 25-target final round, climbing in the lead and overtaking the Italian shooter Massimo FABBRIZI to win Gold. KOVACOCY had won the 2001 World Championship competing as junior athlete, but he had never made into a World Championship final round shooting between Seniors, before. “It’s different, it’s not comparable” only commented KOVACOCY, who did not climb on an ISSF podium since 2001 “You cannot compare two different categories! I really had no expectations for today’s match, the result came unexpected.  I cannot wait to celebrate with my teammates now!”

2005 World Champion Fabbrizi shot Silver.
Italy’s Massimo FABBRIZI, the 2005 World Champion, shot neck and neck with KOVACOCY right to the last shot, when the expert Italian fatally dropped his last target missing the highest step of the podium. Sliding in second place, FABBRIZI had to pass through a shoot-off against the Turkish shooter Oguzhan TUZUN to secure Silver with a total score of 145 hits +1 target in the shoot-off.

“You cannot imagine the pressure of such a match,” commented FABBRIZI after winning the shoot-off for Silver. The Italian shooter, winner of this year’s ISSF World Cup in Munich, suffered the stress of the match: “I was shooting next to an Olympic Champion, I did not expect that an outsider could make it. ..I congratulate Kovacocy.!I am really sorry I lost the Gold in this way. But at the same time, I am so proud I made it to the podium winning a Silver medal!”

By missing on the first shoot-off target, the 26-year old Turkish shooter TUNZUN placed in third winning Bronze with a total of 145 targets +0. TUNZUN, who had won the 1999 Junior World Championship of Tampere, had never made into a World Championship Senior final before.

The Olympic Champion in fourth: “…but it has been a positive season!”
The Olympic Champion of Beijing David KOSTELECKY of Czech Republic finished the match in fourth place, hitting a total of 144 targets. KOSTELECKY, who came from a Silver medal won at the last World Cup Stage of the year, said to be satisfied anyway “I really had a hard time following the Games, being under pressure” KOSTELECKY said; “My goal for this season was to make it at least into a final round. I shot three international finals, and I won a medal at the World Cup in San Marino. The balance of the season is therefore absolutely positive to me.” KOSTELECKY concluded: “Now I will take a few time off, I will shoot at the ISSF World Cup Final, but then I will try to regroup before the next season.”

Italy claimed teams’ Gold, followed by Slovakia and Czech Republic
FABBRIZI’s score, combined with the good results reached by his teammates Giovanni PELLIELO and Erminio FRASCA, brought Italy on the highest step of the teams podium. The overall score of 362 targets placed Italy in first with one target of advantage on KOVACOCY’s Slovakia.

Slovakia’s team (KOVACOCY, FILIPOVIC, VARGA) placed in second securing the teams’ Silver with a combined score of 361 targets. Czech Republic tied Slovakia. The team leaded by the Olympic Champion KOSTELECKY (KOSTELECKY, DANEK and LIPTAK) shot a total of 361 targets as well.

The World Championship continues.
The 2009 ISSF World Championship continues with the Trap Women and the Trap Women Junior events. The competitions will start tomorrow with the official training, and will continue the 11th with the qualification and the Trap Women Final round which will assign the next medals.

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The 2009 ISSF Shotgun World Championship kicked-off in Maribor

August 8th, 2009
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The 2009 ISSF Shotugun World Championship has been officially opened in Maribor (SLO), where athletes will compete from the 6th to the 17th of August.

The 2009 ISSF Shotgun World Championship kicked-off in Maribor, Slovenia, where about 600 shooters coming from 70 countries will compete from the 6th through the 17th of August at the Gaj shooting range.

The competitions start today with the Trap Men and Trap Junior Man matches. The first final round of the Championship, the Trap Men Final, will take place tomorrow, at 5.00 PM local time.

The ISSF Shotgun World Championship officially kicked-off from the opening ceremony, where the ISSF Secretary General Horst G. Schreiber welcomed the athletes along with the local sport and government authorities.

The Slovenian Minister of Defence, Mrs. Ljubica JELUSIC greeted the shooters in behalf of the Slovenian Prime Minister “It’s an honour to host such a prime competition here in Slovenia. – Said the Minister – Our country is going to be the centre of the shooting sport world in the next days. This competition is the highlight of a ten-year long work, and we hope you will bring back good memories of our country. We wish you all to reach successful results!”

“We expect that our shooters will perform an exciting competition, here in Maribor!” Said the ISSF Secretary General, Mr. Horst SCHREIBER, speaking from the stage of the opening ceremony “I am welcoming you all in behalf of our President, Mr. Olegario Vazquez Raña. Slovenia is a sport-loving country that reached five medals at the last Games, and it is an excellent location for our shooting sport championships. – Continued Mr. SCHREIBER. – We are going to have a wonderful competition. I wish good luck to our shooters for a fair competition!”

The organizer of this 2009 ISSF Shotgun World Championships, Mr. Igor RAKUSA, thanked the participating athletes, speaking about a dream that has came true. “Thank you for coming here! My dream to realize one of the top shotgun ranges of the world has come true. I have a new vision… – continued Mr. Rakusa – We are working to expand our sport centre, in order to offer Rifle and Pistol shooting facilities.”

The President of the Shooting Union of Slovenia, Mr. Gorazd MALOIC, greeted the competitors “It is great to have you here – said the President – Thanks to the ISSF for entrusting us of the organization of this Championships. We will do our best, and we are sure that also the athletes will try their best! I wish you the greatest success!”

The 2009 ISSF World Championship was officially opened by a speech of the Slovenian National Olympic Committee’s President, Mr. Janez KOCIJANCIC “Dear friends, welcome to our sport-loving country Slovenia – Mr. KOCIJANCIC said – I wish that the sport spirit will prevail, and that the best will win. The competition is officially open!”

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