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“The best Championship” said the ISSF Vice-President Wahdan, commenting on the excellent results of the 2011 ISSF Shotgun World Championship just closed in Belgrade.

“This has been one of the best Shotgun World Championship I have ever attended” The ISSF Vice-President, and Technical Delegate for this competition, Mr. Medhat Wahdan, said in his closing speech, at the Kovilovo Shooting Range of Belgrade, Serbia.

“We have to thank the organizers and our friend Milan Sotra (the President of the Organizing Committee) for offering us this wonderful conditions”.

“I have on my report nine new or equalled world records: numbers are telling us that this has been a great competition, also in terms of results.” Mr. Wahdan said.

“Our shooters have reached great picks. I believe this is the way to continue” The ISSF Vide President concluded.

It was the Russian Federation which finished atop of the medal standings, with an overall of 12 medals, followed by China and USA in second and third place, respectively. A total of 60 medals, including Junior and Team events, were assigned during this 2011 ISSF Shotgun World Championship in Belgrade, while 5 Olympic Quota Places, the entrance tickets to the next 2012 Olympic Games, were distributed in these days.

The medal standings:

Olympic Quota Places assigned:

Shooting fans can now buy Final tickets and Venue passes on line: the tickets pre-selling is open. The number of tickets is limited, harry up!

The German Shooting Federation, the host organizing committee of the 2010 ISSF World Championship in all events that will take place in Munich (GER) starting from the 29^th of January, opened the ticketing service for spectators.

The German Shooting Sport Federation, in cooperation with Eventim, opened the pre-selling of the World Championship tickets on-line.

Different categories of tickets and passes are available to spectators:

-        – Daily Pass – only entrance to the venue area

-        – Week-end Pass

-       – Complete event Pass

-       – Daily VIP Pass

-       – Combi-Ticket

-       – Final Ticket – Standing  (Rifle and Pistol)

-       – Final Ticket – Seat (Shotgun)

Tickets can be pre-bought at:
https://www.eventimsports.de/shops/index.php3?shopid=180

Because of the limited number of Finals’ tickets available, a maximum of four tickets can be ordered at time.

Video walls will be placed around the venue area, to show finals to the admitted spectators. Therefore, also those spectators with a ticket/pass for the venue area only will be able to follow the matches.

Buying a ticket, you will also be able to use a shuttle bus service, going from the bus station “Fröttmaning, Werner-Heisenberg-Allee 21, 80939 München, Gasse C20/21” to the Shooting  Range.

The 2009 Running Target World Championship of Heinola was closed by the 50m events. Russia’s Stepanov won both the Men events, equalling a World Record.

50m Running Target Mixed Men – Two shoot-offs closed the match.
Two shoot-offs closed an exciting 50m Running Target Mixed Men competition, at the 2009 ISSF Running Target World Championship in Heinola.
After finishing the match with a tied score of 392 points, Maxim STEPANOV of Russia met the home shooter Steffan HOLMSTROM of Finland in shoot-off for Gold. After the first shoot-off round, both the athlete had shot an equal shoot-off score of 18 points. The second shoot-off round solved the contest in favour of the 29-year old STEPANOV, who claimed Gold beating HOLMSTROM 19 to 18 points.
After scoring 391 points, Niklas BERGSTROEM of Sweden won the shoot-off for Bronze, beating 20 to 19 points the Russian shooter KOLESOV.

The Russian Federation claimed the Team Gold, totalizing a score of 1169 points scored by Maxim STEPANOV, Igor KOLESOV and Alexander IVANOV. Following only one point behind, Finland placed in second, shooting Silver with a total of 1168 points, while Team Bronze went to Czech Republic with a score of 1158 points.

50m Running Target Men – Stepanov equalled the World Record.
Russia’s Maxim STEPANOV, 29 won the 50m Running Target Men event with a total score of 596 points, equalling the World Record set by Niclai LAPIN (URS) in 1987. STEPANOV’s record score left no chances to his opponents. Finland’s Krister HOLMBERG finished in second place six points behind him, with a total of 590 points, while Bronze went to the Slovakian shooter Peter PELACH, third with 589 points after winning a shoot-off against Russia’s ROMANOV.

Thanks to STEPANOV’s record score, and to the results of his teammates ROMANOV and KOLESOV, Russia secured the Team Gold with a total score of 1768 points. HOLMBERG’s Finland finished in second place, claiming Silver with an overall score of 1752 points, while Slovakia finished in third winning Team Bronze with 1745 points.

50m Running Target Men Junior – Boros claimed Gold with a 10-point advantage.
The 19-year old Czech athlete Lazlo BOROS claimed the 50m Running Target Men Junior Gold medal at the 2009 ISSF Running Target World Championship in Heinola. The junior shooter, a multi-medallist of this Running Target World Championship, finished in the lead with a total score of 587 points, putting ten points between him and his followers.
Finland’s Tomi-Pekka HEIKKILA finished in second securing Silver with a total of 577 points, after outdoing Russia’s Mikhail AZARENKO 19 to 18 points in a shoot-off. The two-time Gold medallist AZARENKO finished in third place, winning Bronze.

The Russian Federation finished on the highest step of the Team Podium, securing Gold with a total of 1725 points. Team Silver went to Finland with 1710 points, while Bronze went to Ukraine (1689 points).

Results:
Check the results of the 2009 ISSF Running Target World Championship.

Andersson claimed his second World Championship title, one year after his victory at the 2008 ISSF Running Target World Championsihp in Plzen. Ukraine’s Prianishnikov and Russia’s Romanov followed him in second and third place.

29-year old Emil ANDERSSON of Sweden shot his second, consecutive, World Champion title, winning the 10m Running Target Men Gold medal as he had done one year ago in Plzen. The Swedish Champion confirmed to be the best shooter of the world in this event, winning the two direct-elimination duels of the Medal Match with ease.

Anderson climbed through the Medal Match

ANDERSSON qualified for the Medal Match in third place, with a qualification score of 578 points, ranking behind Finland’s Krister HOLMBERG and Russia’s Dmitry ROMANOV. Tables turned through the medal match. ANDERSSON met the winner of the 10m Running Target Mixed Men event ROMANOV on his first duel, outdoing him 6 to 3 points.

Then, entering the Gold Match, the Swedish shooter gave his best, shattering Ukraine’s Vladyslav PRIANISHNIKOV 6 to 2 points and claiming the Gold medal. PRIANISHNIKOV, who had won Bronze last year in Plzen, was left the Silver medal.

Russia’s Romanov won the Bronze Match

The Russian shooter Dmitry ROMANOV won the Bronze match, securing his second medal of the week after the 10m Running Target Mixed Men Gold had won two days ago. ROMANOV, who had made it into the medal match with a qualification score of 579 points, was beaten by ANDERSSON in the first duel, but then outdid the home shooter Krister HOLMBERG 6 to 3 points, bringing back home the Bronze medal.

The Medal Match formula:

The “Medals Match” has been introduced for 10m Running Target Men and Women competitions since the beginning of the 2008 season. It is a further stage in the 10m events: after the regular competition, the four best shooters proceed to a direct-elimination competition to decide the podium placements.
The first qualified faces the fourth, the second faces the third. After every shot, the shooter who has scored the highest is awarded one point. The shooter with the higher score of the pair (1 versus 4, 2 versus 3) receives one point. The shooter who receives six points is the winner of the pair.
The two winners meet then for Gold and Silver in a further duel, while the two losers keep on shooting for Bronze.

Results:

Check the final results of the 10m Running Target Men event.

Ukraine won three medals, monopolizing the podium of the 10m Running Target Women event after an intense medal match.

Ukraine celebrated three medals at today’s 10m Running Target Women competition, as the three Ukrainian teammates AVRAMENKO, YEVSEYENKO and ZABLOTINA won Gold, Silver and Bronze, leaving their Russian opponent STEPANOVA in fourth place.

Avramenko confirms her title.

Galina AVRAMENKO, 23, is not new to the World Championship spotlight. The young Ukrainian shooter had won also last year’s World Championship title, in Plzen. She finished today’s match with the highest qualification score of 384 points, and then led the “Medal Match” winning both the direct-elimination duels, securing her second, consecutive, title.

“It has not been easy. I did not start in the best way – said Avramenko right after the Medal Match – I always have troubles with finals, but then I settle down and everything went smoothly.”

“My next goal? Maybe I could set a new record! – said the Ukrainian Champion – Why not? I could try to shoot a full score of 400 points… we will see!”

The medal match – Ukraine left no chances to the others.

After the qualifications, three Ukrainian teammates made it to the “Medal Match” (a four-way direct-elimination round to decided the medals) together with the Russian shooter Olga Stepanova.

Galina AVRAMENKO met and beat her teammate Viktoriya ZABLOTINA 6 to 2 points in the first match. Entering the Gold Match, she duelled against the third Ukrainian shooter Tetyana YEVSEYENKO, outdoing her 6 to 5 points after a breathtaking neck and neck. With two victories out of two duels, AVRAMENKO secured Gold, leaving her teammate YEVSEYENKO the Silver.

At the same time, Viktoriya ZABLOTINA met the Russian shooter Olga STEPANOVA in a determinant Bronze match. The two athletes duelled right to the last shot, when STEPANOVA scored an unlucky 9.6 which could not stand ZABLOTINA’s 10.5.

While STEPANOVA was pushed down of the podium, 23-year old ZABLOTINA joined her teammates on a podium painted in yellow and blue, the colours of Ukraine.

The Medal Match formula:

The “Medals Match” has been introduced for 10m Running Target Men and Women competitions since the beginning of the 2008 season. It is a further stage in the 10m events: after the regular competition, the four best shooters proceed to a direct-elimination competition to decide the podium placements.
The first qualified faces the fourth, the second faces the third. After every shot, the shooter who has scored the highest is awarded one point. The shooter with the higher score of the pair (1 versus 4, 2 versus 3) receives one point. The shooter who receives six points is the winner of the pair.
The two winners meet then for Gold and Silver in a further duel, while the two losers keep on shooting for Bronze.

Results:

Check the final results of the 10m Running Target Women event.