Apurvi Chandela from India won the 10m Air Rifle Women’s Final at the 2019 ISSF World Cup in Munich today having, only won her first World Cup Gold medal earlier this year on her home soil in New Delhi. Chandela scored 633.0 points in qualification, where she was ranked first, and 251.0 points in the […]
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Rifle and Pistol Athletes Ready for Munich Quota Hunt
(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – May 24, 2019) – The Rifle and Pistol athletes of the USA Shooting Team are set for International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup competition in Munich, Germany starting Sunday and running through May 30. More than 920 athletes from 98 countries are expected to compete at this World Cup. USA Shooting […]
39 Nations From 5 Continents Have Already Secured Olympic Places
A total of 66 Quotas were awarded in 2018, 48 of which were won at the World Championship in Changwon Korea, and 18 at the American Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico. A further 47 places were awarded in 2019 at the ISSF World Cups in New-Delhi (14), Acapulco (8), Al-Ain (8) and Beijing (17). The continental league […]
Abhishek Verma wins Gold in the 10m Air Pistol Men World Cup in Beijing
He scored 585 points in qualification and 242.7 points in the final. Russia’s Artem Chernousov scored 586 points in qualification and 240.4 points in the final winning Silver. Korea’s Seungwoo Han won Bronze with 582 points in qualification and 220.0 points in the final. Tokyo 2020 Quota places went to India and Mongolia. The 10m […]
China’S Zicheng Hui Wins The World Cup And Brings Home His First Gold Medal For The People’S Republic Of China
Zicheng Hui from the People’s Republic of China won the Men’s 10m Air Rifle final at the 2019 ISSF World Cup in Beijing. It is the first World Cup Gold medal for Zicheng in the Air Rifle competition. He scored 627.5 points in qualification and 249.4 points in the final. The youngest participant of this […]
Indian Team Wins Their Second Gold Medal Today In The 10M Air Pistol Mixed Team Event
The Air Pistol Mixed final was shot under the new format as was the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team. The top 3 podium places in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Competition were exactly the same as in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event. The medals were won by teams from India, the People’s […]
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 […]
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