The only final on the 4th day of the World Cup competition was the thrilling 10m Air Rifle Men’s Final. Haonan Yu from the People’s Republic of China won the Gold medal breaking both World and World Junior Records. This is his first top podium placing in a World Cup. Petar Gorsa from Croatia won […]
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First Gold at Rio de Janeiro World Cup Goes to India
Rio de Janeiro is holding its first ISSF competition 3 years since the 2016 Olympics. 10m Air Rifle Women’s event kicked off the start of the World Cup. Before the start of the final, the 2 Olympic quotas available in this event, went to Armina Sadeghian from the Islamic Republic of Iran and to Ying-Shin […]
Eurosport Hits Olympic Mark with International Shooting Sport Federation Partnership
Eurosport will offer the sport of shooting global exposure like never before in the lead up to Tokyo 2020 after agreeing a wide-ranging deal with the International Shooting Sport Federation (“ISSF”). Deal with Eurosport to give shooting sport consistent exposure in the lead up to Tokyo 2020 Eurosport to screen the biggest events on the […]
Ten Countries Win Medals, Seven Obtain Olympic Quotas in Lima
Ten countries – USA, Cuba, Mexico, Guatemala, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Brasil, Chile, Canada – have won medals in shooting sport at the 18th Panamerican Games that took place in Lima, Peru. The first seven have also obtained Quotas to the Tokyo-2020 Olympic Games. There were three events in the program of the last day of […]
Cuba And The USA Get The Gold. Mexico And Guatemala Obtain Quotas
XVIII Pan American Games (Shooting: 26.07. – 03.08.) · Lima, PER There were two more Finals at the third day of shooting competitions at the 18 th Panamerican Games in Lima, Peru. Laina Perez and Jorge Grau Portillo from Cuba won the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event. Miglena Todorova and Nickolaus Mowrer from the […]
Lucky Sunday For Cuba And The USA In Lima
XVIII Pan American Games (Shooting: 26.07. – 03.08.) · Lima, PER There were two sets of medals and four Quotas for Tokyo-2020 expecting their holders before the start of second day competitions at the San Rafael shooting range in Lima, Peru. In both events gold and silver medals as well as Olympic quotas were won […]
The Day Of Pleasant Surprises In Minsk
There were four medal events in the third day of competitions at the 2nd European Games in Minsk and each of them ended with a pleasant surprise In 10m Air Rifle Men Sergey Richter from Israel won his first gold medal in the international competitions of such dimension in 10 years and the Quota Place […]
Winners In 6 Events And 4 Olympic Quotas Holders Determined During The Week-End In Minsk
322 best European athletes from 48 nations are taking part in the 2nd European Games in Minsk, Belarus. They are competing for the right to ascend the podium and for 12 Quota Places for Tokyo-2020 – one in each individual Olympic event. The first winners of the competitions were determined on Saturday in 10m Air […]
Commonwealth Games 2022 Will Not Include Shooting Sports
The ISSF learned with great regret the decision of the Birmingham Organizing Committee of the Commonwealth Games 2022, that the Shooting Sports would not be included in the program for the Games. A large number of countries and territories will now not have the opportunity to send their best athletes to Birmingham. Most importantly, many […]
Records Set In Munich As The Sport Looks To The Future
The Olympic Shooting Range hosted the highest ever number of participating nations in a ISSF World Cup, with 96 countries taking part. There was also a record number of countries taking part in the new Mixed Team formats; 76 in Air Rifle and 72 in Air Pistol – 72. Overall there were 902 athletes competing in Munich and […]
