A total of 14 Olympic quota places for Tokyo 2020 were up for grabs at the 12th edition of the Championship of the Americas, the continental competition that took place in Guadalajara (MEX) from November 1st to November 11th.
It was the second international competition hosted by the Mexican city, after the first ISSF World Cup stage of the 2018 season went down in from the 1st to the 12th March.
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Here’s a detailed list of the athletes who secured the quota places:
10m Air Rifle Men
Dempster Christenson (USA)
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
George Norton (USA)
10m Air Pistol Men
James Hall (USA)
25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men
Leuris Pupo (CUB)
Trap Men
Alessandro De Souza Ferreira (PER)
Jorge Martin Orozco Diaz (MEX)
Skeet Men
Frank Thompson (USA)
10m Air Rifle Women
Minden Miles (USA)
50m Rifle 3 Positions Women
Sarah Beard (USA)
10m Air Pistol Women
Lynda Kiejko (CAN)
25m Pistol Women
Alexis Lagan (USA)
Trap Women
Kayle Browning (USA)
Adriana Ruano Oliva (GUA)
Skeet Women
Francisca Crovetto Chadid (CHI)
The United States won a total of eight quota places, while Canada, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru secured one slot each.
Americas has a total of 38 quotas to deliver: 24 more will be given away at the 2019 Pan-American Games in Lima (PER). Sixty Olympic slots have already been awarded at the 52nd ISSF World Championship in Changwon (KOR).
News results and updates about the 3rd edition of the Youth Olympic Games will be available on the ISSF website, at buenosaires2018.com and on all ISSF social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Weibo and Youku.
