ISSF Shotgun World Championship - medals, records, and Rio 2016 quotas wrap-up

ISSF World Championship Shotgun · Lonato, ITA

The 2015 ISSF Shotgun World Championship in Lonato, Italy, came to an end, today. 10 Rio 2016 Olympic Quotas were assigned during the championship. Host nation Italy finished atop of the medal standings.

Today's men's and men's junior Skeet finals concluded the 2015 ISSF Shotgun World Championship conducted in Lonato, Italy, from the 10th through the 17th of September.

The medals standings:

The host country, Italy, finished atop of the overall medal standings, with 4 gold, 6 silver and 2 bronze medals (including individual, teams, senior and junior medals). The Russian Federation followed in second place with 11 medals (4 gold, 6 silver, 1 bronze), while the United States of America took the third place - thanks to today's gold won by Vincent Hancock at the men's skeet final - with a total of 12 medals (4 gold, 3 silver, 5 bronze).

Medal standings - after 10 out of 10 events

R	Nation	Individual			Team			Total
		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	ITA	2	2	1	2	4	1	4	6	2	12
2	RUS	1	3		3	3	1	4	6	1	11
3	USA	2	3	2	2		3	4	3	5	12
4	GBR		1	1	2			2	1	1	4
4	SVK	2		1		1		2	1	1	4
6	CHN	2		1			2	2		3	5
7	FRA		1		1			1	1		2
8	ESP	1						1			1
9	FIN					2			2		2
10	AUS						1			1	1
10	BEL			1						1	1
10	CYP			1						1	1
10	IND						1			1	1
10	KUW			1						1	1
10	PRK			1						1	1
10	SMR						1			1	1
		10	10	10	10	10	10	20	20	20	60

Rio 2016 Quota places:

10 Rio 2016 Olympic quota places were assigned by the ISSF during the Championship, and were won by the following athletes for their countries.

Event	Name	Nat
Trap Men	MOTTET Maxime	BEL
	ALMUDHAF Khaled	KUW
Double Trap Men	KNEALE Tim	GBR
	ALAFASI Ahmad	KUW
Skeet Men	KHAN Mairaj Ahmad	IND
	BUCHHEIM Ralf	GER
Trap Women	TKACH Elena	RUS
	PAK Yong Hui	PRK
Skeet Women	JAHODOVA Libuse	CZE
	ELEFTHERIOU Andri	CYP

Records broken / equalled: 

Three world records were equalled during the championship, and a new record was established.

France's Anthony Terras equalled the 125-hit world record at today's skeet men competition, while Finland's Eetu Kallioinen equalled the men's junior skeet record of 124 hits.

Earlier this week the US Skeet Women team had equalled the 215-hit world record, and the US Junior Skeet Women team had established a new world record of 206 hits, shuttering the previous 204-hit record.

Medalists by Event - after 10 out of 10 events

Event	Date	Medal	Name	Nation
Trap Men	12 SEP 2015	Gold	VARGA Erik	SVK
		Silver	PELLIELO Giovanni	ITA
		Bronze	MOTTET Maxime	BEL
Double Trap Men	14 SEP 2015	Gold	MOSIN Vasily	RUS
		Silver	KNEALE Tim	GBR
		Bronze	ALAFASI Ahmad	KUW
Skeet Men	17 SEP 2015	Gold	HANCOCK Vincent	USA
		Silver	TERRAS Anthony	FRA
		Bronze	ROSSETTI Gabriele	ITA
Trap Women	11 SEP 2015	Gold	GALVEZ Fatima	ESP
		Silver	TKACH Elena	RUS
		Bronze	PAK Yong Hui	PRK
Skeet Women	13 SEP 2015	Gold	CRAFT Morgan	USA
		Silver	CONNOR Caitlin	USA
		Bronze	WEI Ning	CHN
Trap Men Junior	12 SEP 2015	Gold	PRAJ Filip	SVK
		Silver	MIOTTO Luca	ITA
		Bronze	DROBNY Adrian	SVK
Double Trap Men Junior	14 SEP 2015	Gold	HUANG Xiaomin	CHN
		Silver	FOKEEV Kirill	RUS
		Bronze	GORSUCH Conner James	GBR
Skeet Men Junior	17 SEP 2015	Gold	PALMUCCI Valerio	ITA
		Silver	JUNGMAN Phillip Russell	USA
		Bronze	VASILIOU Nicolas	CYP
Trap Women Junior	11 SEP 2015	Gold	IEZZI Alessia	ITA
		Silver	TUGOLUKOVA Yulia	RUS
		Bronze	RODITIS Ellie	USA
Skeet Women Junior	13 SEP 2015	Gold	CHE Yufei	CHN
		Silver	CARSON Sydney	USA
		Bronze	VIZZI Dania Jo	USA

Medalists by Event (Team) - after 10 out of 10 events

Event	Date	Medal	Name	Nation
Trap Men Team	12 SEP 2015	Gold	Russian Federation	RUS
		Silver	Italy	ITA
		Bronze	San Marino	SMR
Double Trap Men Team	14 SEP 2015	Gold	Great Britain	GBR
		Silver	Russian Federation	RUS
		Bronze	India	IND
Skeet Men Team	17 SEP 2015	Gold	France	FRA
		Silver	Italy	ITA
		Bronze	United States of America	USA
Trap Women Team	11 SEP 2015	Gold	Great Britain	GBR
		Silver	Finland	FIN
		Bronze	Russian Federation	RUS
Skeet Women Team	13 SEP 2015	Gold	United States of America	USA
		Silver	Italy	ITA
		Bronze	People's Republic of China	CHN
Trap Men Junior Team	12 SEP 2015	Gold	Russian Federation	RUS
		Silver	Slovakia	SVK
		Bronze	Australia	AUS
Double Trap Men Junior Team	14 SEP 2015	Gold	Italy	ITA
		Silver	Russian Federation	RUS
		Bronze	People's Republic of China	CHN
Skeet Men Junior Team	17 SEP 2015	Gold	Italy	ITA
		Silver	Finland	FIN
		Bronze	United States of America	USA
Trap Women Junior Team	11 SEP 2015	Gold	Russian Federation	RUS
		Silver	Italy	ITA
		Bronze	United States of America	USA
Skeet Women Junior Team	13 SEP 2015	Gold	United States of America	USA
		Silver	Russian Federation	RUS
		Bronze	Italy	ITA

Marco Dalla Dea

Posted by Thom Erik Syrdahl

Source - ISSF Website