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The Italians in first with two titles. China followed with three medals. Turkey on the “podium” thanks to an odd-defying title won by Tunzun

The Italian team secured the top of the medal standings, at the ISSF World Cup Final in  Izmir, the conclusive Shotgun competition of the 2010 World Cup Series. Italy was indeed the only team to place two athletes in first: Ennio Falco and Katiuscia Spada, who won the titles in the Skeet Men and Women events.

The People’s Republic of China followed in second place with three medals and thanks to a Gold medal claimed by Liu Yingzi at the Trap Women final, while India and the hosting country Turkey tied in third place with  one Gold each.

“I would like to thank you all for coming here in Turkey for this ISSF World Cup Final. I hope we will see you again here!” The Vice President of the Shooting and Hunting Federation of Turkey said.

“It has been the right choice to award this World Cup Final to Turkey.”  Said the ISSF Vice-President Medhat Wadhan, after the last competition “Everybody feels like home here in Turkey, and the output of the competition was extremely positive”.

“We have been working a lot with the organizing committee to make this Final possible,” said the ISSF Technical Delegate for this match, Mr. Demetris Lordos “The overall output of the competition has been positive, and we are really satisfied”

The medal standings:

The 2010 ISSF World Cup Final kicks-off today in Izmir, in Turkey, where 59 shooters coming for 23 countries will compete in the five Olympic events of Shotgun Shooting from the 17th through the 23rd of September.

The best shooters of the World meet in Turkey to decide who will rise up the 2010 ISSF World Cup. The recently-awarded World Champions of Munich, the title defenders, and the best performers qualified through this years World Cup Series will fight on the ranges of the Yakakoy Shooting Club of Bornova, in the outskirts of Izmir, the third biggest city of Turkey.

The 2010 ISSF World Cup Series started in Acapulco, Mexico, at the beginning of March, proceeding then to Beijing (CHN), Dorcherster (GBR) and Lonato (ITA).

634 different shooters coming form 85 countries participated in this year’s Series, and a total of 60 medals were distributed to 49 shooters of 20 countries during the four Stages.

Only the bests arrived here in Izmir, welcomed at the opening ceremony by the Sport President of the municipality, Mr. Sabri Sadiklar, and by Bornova’s Lord Mayor, Prof. Dr. Kamil Oleyoy Sindir, who saluted the participating athletes  “We are very pleased to welcome you in our city. Sport means peace, and it is great to host here in Bornova so many sportsmen coming from all around the world, competing in fairplay!”

The ISSF Technical Delegate for this match, Mr. Demetris F. Lordos, speaking in behalf of the ISSF President Olegario Vazquez Raña, welcomed the athletes to the 2010 ISSF Shotgun World Cup Final.

Together with the Vice President of the Turkish Shooting Federation Mr. Ismail Sinan Orhon, Mr. Lordos officially declared the competition open. “We thank our Turkish hosts for their great efforts in organizing this competition, and we wish the best to our athletes!” Said Mr. Lordos, speaking from the opening’s stage.

The first final round, the Skeet Women Final, will take place tomorrow, Saturday the 18^th, at 3 PM (GMT+3).

Do not miss the match! Follow the finals live on www.issf-sports.org

16.09-23.09.2010

16.09-23.09.2010

The third leg of this year’s ISSF Shotgun World Cup Series takes place in Dorset (UK). There, more than 350 athletes coming from all over the world will competed in the Olympic Shotgun events of Trap, Double Trap and Skeet.

About 360 athletes coming from 46 nations met in in Dorset (UK), to compete in the third leg of the 2010 ISSF Shotgun World Cup Series taking place from May 11^th through May 20^th. The first two ISSF Shotgun World Cup Stages of the season took place in Acapulco (MEX) and Beijing (CHN) in March and April, respectively.

Trap, Skeet and Double Trap competitions are taking place at the Southern Counties Shooting Ground, founded in 1959, which is now one of the largest shooting venues of the country. It is the first time that UK has held an ISSF Shotgun World Cup.

“It has been three years in the planning and after a lot of hard work it’s just fantastic to finally welcome the world’s best shooters to Dorset – said the Chairman of the Organizing Committee, Mr. Peter Underhill – When you consider the number of shooters, and countries, it’s a real coup and massive honour to stage this event, which mirrors the Olympic shooting program. We are not going to miss the opportunity to make it memorable!”