Shooting World Championships for persons with disabilities

	Last week was played in the German city of Suhl the Shooting World Championships for persons with disabilities. A total of 260 athletes from 53 countries took part in the most important competition of this sport, which is held every four years. On the 21st airgun R3 and R4 competitions were held. To compete in these modalities, they use the same weapon used in conventional ISSF competitions and with the same tenths scoring system.
			The R3 mode is 10 meters Rifle Prone  supported by both elbows in a fixed table and lead with a shooting strap (the same as used in ISSF competitions). 85 athletes competed in R3, in mixed mode, in which men and women compete under the same rules and number of shots. First place in the qualifying round was awarded by the British Matt SKELHON with 635.7 points (an average of 105.9 per set), but the final victory was awarded by the representative of Korea Jinho PARK, who, with 211.9 points, has broken the World Record Final of this modality.
	In the modality of R4 Carbine, also mixed, they shoot with the rifle resting on a support with a spring without being able to touch his elbows on the table or chair. Depending on the varying degrees of disability, the spring will have more or less stiffness. At the end of the two qualifying rounds that have brought together a total of 55 athletes, the best has been the British Richard DAVIES, with 634.5 points (average of 105.75), but after the Final the one who has been proclaimed World Champion Korean has been Youngjun JEON with 210.7, which also involves a new World Record Final of this modality.
	In the R6 modality, which is commonly known among shooters as ISSF 50m Prone Rifle, athletes also compete with 22LR caliber carbines generation with both elbows on the floor or on the table and on a leash shot that helps maintain the position and attachment of the weapon.
			The winner in the qualifying round was the British Matt SKELHON with 620.6 (103.4 average), far from his World Record 626.3 achieved in Alicante in the 2013 World Cup. In the final, the English SKELHON again proved his class and from his wheelchair overcame all his rivals earning the title of World Champion Rifle Prone with a score of 209.5, beating the World Record Final.
	In this Handicap Shooting World Championship, skeet shooting occupies a position, at least, interesting. It has been held an exhibition tournament because right now the handicapped skeet is being scrutinized in order to integrate it within the Paralympic program, probably from Tokyo 2020. The Handicapped skeet is divided into two categories, depending on the degree of disability of the athlete: from wheelchair or standing. In Suhl we have witnessed how people with a high degree of disability are capable of hitting a dish that leaves the machine at high speed, like any ISSF shooter because they share the same rules of competition, without changing anything.
	Posted by Thom Erik Syrdahl Source:- http://www.issfwchspain2014.com/
	(29-07-14)