(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – April 26, 2019) – Normally, this time of year, Henry Leverettis in Colorado Springs competing for a Junior Olympic title. Not in 2019 as he had bigger goals in mind as a member of Team USA competing at the International Shooting Sport Federation ISSF World Cup in Beijing. His goal, and that […]
Competition
Record ninth Olympic Games for Nino Salukvadze
The 50 year old clinched an Olympic quota place after finishing fifth in the 10m Air Pistol Women event at the World Cup in Beijing. It will be her ninth Olympics in a row, after making her debut in Seoul in 1988 where she won a gold and silver medal. She has taken part […]
India’s Anjum Moudgil and Divyaansh Singh Panwar win Gold in Beijing
It is the first time these finals have been held with the new format for this event. The intention is to make competitions more exciting, and easier to follow, for audiences watching the finals on TV. Winners Anjum Moudgil and Divyaansh Singh Panwar were the stronger team in the Gold medal match, beating Ruxuan Liu […]
Choe, Yi and Bardfield Earn Junior Olympic Titles in Pistol & Paralympic Rifle
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (April 24, 2019) – On the day in which USA Shooting asked the shooting sports community to help Raise The Flag, Junior Olympic athletes provided a glimpse of a strong future in Air Pistol, Sport Pistol and Paralympic Rifle. Sarah Choe, Ryan Yi and Stetson Bardfield are the latest athletes to be crowned 2019 Junior Olympic Champions. […]
Yulia Karimova wins her first Wold Cup Gold medal
Yulia Karimova from the Russian Federation won the 10m Air Rifle Women’s Final at the 2019 ISSF World Cup in Beijing today. Karimova scored 630.4 points in qualification and 251.1 points in the final. Republic of Korea’s Eunji Kwon and Jihyeon Keum finished in second and third places respectively. Kwon scored 629.0 points in qualification […]
Korea’s Minjung Kim wins Gold in Beijing
Gold medalist Minjung Kim scored 580 points in qualification and 245.0 points in the final. Silver medalist Vitalina Batsarashkina scored 581 points in qualification and 240.6 points in the final, bronze medalist Veronika Major 582 and 220.5 points respectively. Tokyo 2020 Quota places went to Georgia and Mongolia. ISSF
Beijing welcomes guests
The first Gold medal was won by Russia’s Yulia Karimova in 10m Air Rifle Women. The two Quota Places for the Tokyo-2020 Olympic Games in this event went to Najmeh Khedmati from Iran and Anna Nielsen from Denmark. CCTV, the National TV Company, together with the ISSF Production Team are broadcasting live. It is expected […]
Orion National 2019 Spring League Recaps
Orion’s National Air Rifle New Shooter League Recap Ozark AJROTC (Ozark, MO) are the champions of the second annual NationalAir Rifle New Shooter League. They also won the inaugural season, and moved to an overall record of 16-0 over the course of two seasons. Pacific MCJROTC (Pacific, MO) placed in second, with their only defeat of […]
Leverett, Kang & Champion Earn Titles at NJOSC
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 22, 2019)- Abbie Leverett, Paul Kang and the aptly named Madison Champion claimed top honors in their respective events at the 2019 National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships (NJOSC) Monday. Pistol and Paralympic Rifle events will conclude the three-week youth shooting showcase being held at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. The […]
USA Shooting Launches RAISE THE FLAG Campaign as part of 2020 Vision
(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – April 24, 2019) With exactly 15 months until the 2020 Olympic Games get underway in Tokyo, Japan, USA Shooting is launching the RAISE THE FLAG campaign. The campaign will serve as the motivational driver used to pursue all available resources and sharpen the organizational vision on the mission of getting athletes […]