Kuwaiti shooters win quotas under ISSF flag

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Abdulrahman Al Faihan (centre) with Talal Alrashidi (right

and Chinese Taipe's Kun-Pi Yang (left)

TUGHLAKABAD: When Kuwait's Abdulrahman Al Faihan stood on the podium to receive his men's trap gold along with teammate Talal Alrashidi (bronze) and Chinese Taipei's Kun-Pi Yang (silver), he didn't see his national flag rise ahead of him. Neither was his national anthem was played.

He was rather honoured by the ISSF flag and anthem that was played during the victory ceremony in the Asian shooting Olympic qualifiers at Dr Karni Singh shooting range on Thursday.

Kuwait's shooting body as well as their Olympic committee, have lost recognition by the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) and International Olympic Committee. Their shooters participating under ISSF flag in the event at Tughlakabad and have qualified for the Rio Games. If the difference between Kuwait's Olympic Association and IOC remains unresolved, they will have to shoot under IOC flag at Rio.

But Abdulrahman hopes for the best. "I pray to God that the issue is resolved before the Rio Games," he said after the medal ceremony. "I was heartbroken when I stepped on the podium and I couldn't stop crying when our national anthem was not played. This was a sad moment for me," he said.

Posted By Thom Erik Syrdahl
Source - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting

Abdulrahman Al Faihan (centre) with Talal Alrashidi (right) and e)

UAE’s Khaled Alkaabi collects the Double Trap Men Gold medal in New Delhi

30.01.2016

Finals Double Trap Men

Asia Olympic Qualifying Competition for Shooting · New Delhi, IND

The Emirian athlete bested Independent Shooting Participant Fehaid Aldeehani in the Gold medal match, after they both earned an Olympic quota place nailing the two best scores in the semifinal round.

Khaled Alkaabi put the United Arab Emirates on the map of the Asia Olympic Qualifying Competition by winning the Double Trap Men Gold medal, the first one for the UAE in New Delhi (IND).

Alkaabi cleared things up since the semifinal, where he nailed the best scores with 28 hits, followed by Independent Shooting Participant Fehaid Aldeehani with 27.

As all the semifinal participants were eligible for the two Olympic slot available in this event, the two quotas were allocated to United Arab Emirates and to ISP Aldeehani as soon as the two shooters qualified for the Gold medal match.

There, Aldeehani took an 11-to-9 lead after six doubles, but failed to match Alkaabi performance in the following nine, where the UAE’s shooter hit 17-out-of-18 targets, overtaking Aldeehani and claiming the Gold with a final score of 26 hits to 25.

In the Bronze medal match, Indian shooter Asab Mohd prevailed over South Korean Shin Hyun Woo with the final score of 26 to 24 hits, after they previously concluded the semifinal with 26 targets each.

Eliminated after the semifinal round, India’s Ankur Mittal concluded with 25 targets, while Islamic Republic of Iran’s Masoud Azizian finished with 24.

Medal standings after 9 out of 15 events

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	JPN	4		1	5
2	IND	1	1	2	4
2	KOR	1	1	2	4
4	KUW	1	1	1	3
5	IRI	1		1	2
6	UAE	1			1
7	TPE		2		2
8	CHN		1	1	2
8	PRK		1	1	2
10	KAZ		1		1
10	THA		1		1
		9	9	9	27

The competition will continue tomorrow with two more finals: the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women scheduled at 1:00 PM (UTC+5:30), and the 25m Pistol Women scheduled at 3:00 PM.

Live updates will be available online on the ISSF website and on the ISSF social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter,Instagram and Sina Weibo.

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RESULTS - Double Trap Men

1. ALKAABI Khaled

2. ALDEEHANI Fehaid

3. MOHD Asab

30.01.2016

Marco Vettoretti

Posted by Thom Erik Syrdahl

Source - ISSF Website

Naoya Okada grabs Japan’s fourth Gold medal in the Air Rifle Men event in New Delhi

30.01.2016

Finals 10m Air Rifle Men

Asia Olympic Qualifying Competition for Shooting · New Delhi, IND

Okada nailed another Gold medal-Olympic quota combination for Japan, bringing its total to four and three respectively. Kazakhstan’s Yuriy Yurkov placed 2nd, while Iran’s Pourya Norouziyan pocketed the Bronze and the second quota place up for grabs.

Another incredibile performance brought Japan its fourth Gold medal and its third Olympic quota of the Asia Olympic Qualifying Competition for Shooting in New Delhi (IND).

This time it was 10m Air Rifle Men shooter Naoya Okada, who finished in 1st place after nailing an incredible series of shots in the final segment of the match. Okada, indeed, battled with Kazakh shooter Yuriy Yurkov for most of the final round, eventually taking the lead after the sixth series and building a comfortable lead that allowed him to claim the Gold with 208.1 points.

Silver medallist Yurkov, who recorded a final score of 206.3 points, was also the only participant not eligible for an Olympic quota, as he already collected one in another event during last year’s World Cup. The two slots for Rio 2016, then, went to Okada and to the Bronze medallist, Pourya Norouziyan of the Islamic Republic of Iran, who finished with 184.2 points.

Hometown favorite, India’s Akhil Sheoran, placed 4th with 163.0 points, missing the podium and the quota just by one position.

Thailand’s Pongsaton Panyatong placed 5th with 140.5 points, followed by Uzbekistan’s Vadim Skorovarov with 120.0 and Republic of Korea’s Kim Dae Seon with 98.5.

Despite hitting a phenomenal 10.9 on his very last shot, Qatar’s Ali Al Muhanadi couldn’t avoid the first elimination and finished 8th with 78.5 points.

The competition will continue this afternoon with the Double Trap Men final scheduled at 3:30 PM (UTC+5:30).

Live updates will be available online on the ISSF website and on the ISSF social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter,Instagram and Sina Weibo.

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RESULTS - 10m Air Rifle Men

1. OKADA Naoya

2. YURKOV Yuriy

3. NOROUZIYAN Pourya

30.01.2016

Marco Vettoretti

Posted by Thom Erik Syrdahl

Source - ISSF Website

Abdulrahman Al Faihan collects the Trap Men Gold medal in New Delhi

28.01.2016

Finals Trap Men

Asia Olympic Qualifying Competition for Shooting · New Delhi, IND

The Independent Shooting Participant bested Chinese Taipei’s Yang Kun-Pi in the Gold medal match, while another ISP, Talal Alrashidi, earned the Bronze prevailing over India’s Kynan Chenai in the final for the 3rd place.

Independent Shooting Participant Abdulrahman Al Faihan claimed the Gold medal in the Trap Men event at the Asia Olympic Qualifying Competition for Shooting in New Delhi (IND).

Al Faihan earned himself a spot in the Gold medal match after a four-way shoot-off was required at the end of the semifinals. The ISP, in fact, finished with 12 hits just like Chinese Taipei’s Yang Kun-Pi, India’s Kynan Chenai and like another Independent Shooting Participant, Talal Alrashidi.

Both Alrashidi and Chenai missed their third tie-breaker target, going to the Bronze medal match and allowing Al Faihan and Yang to shoot for the 1st place. In the Gold medal match, Abdulrahman Al Faihan almost nailed the perfect round, shuttering 14-out-of-15 targets, besting Yang 13 hits and grabbing the Gold medal.

In the previous Bronze medal match Talal Alrashidi prevailed over Kynan Chenai, who was competing on his home turf, with the final score of 14 hits to 13.

The four Olympic quotas available were automatically distributed after the semifinal round, and they went to Kazakhstan’s Andrey Mogilevskiy, 5th with 11 semifinal hits, to India’s Chenai, Chinese Taipei’s Yang and to the Gold medallist Al Faihan.

6th with 11 semifinal targets concluded another Kazakh shooter, Maxim Kolomoyets.

The competition will continue tomorrow with the 50m Pistol Men final scheduled at 1:00 PM (UTC+5:30), followed by the 10m Air Rifle Women final at 4:00 PM.

Live updates will be available online on the ISSF website and on the ISSF social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter,Instagram and Sina Weibo.

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RESULTS - Trap Men

1. AL FAIHAN Abdulrahman

2. YANG Kun-Pi

3. ALRASHIDI Talal

28.01.2016

PHOTOS - Finals Trap Men

NEW DELHI - JANUARY 28: (L-R) Silver medalist YANG Kun-Pi of Chinese Taipei , Gold medalist Abdulrahman AL FAIHAN Independent Shooting Partecipant and Bronze medalist Talal ALRASHIDI Independent Shooting Partecipant pose with their medals after the Trap Men Finals at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Ranges during Day 2 of the Asia Olympic Qualifying Competition for Shooting on January 28, 2016 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Nicolo Zangirolami)

28.01.2016

Marco Vettoretti

Posted by Thom Erik Syrdahl

Source - ISSF Website

Tomoyuki Matsuda claims Japan’s third Gold medal in three days

Tomoyuki Matsuda    (JPN)                   29.01.2016

Finals 50m Pistol Men

Asia Olympic Qualifying Competition for Shooting · New Delhi, IND

The Japanese shooter pocketed the 50m Pistol Men Gold medal, prevailing over North Korean athletes Kim Song Guk and Kim Jong Su, who respectively placed 2nd and 3rd, both earning an Olympic quota place.

The 2010 ISSF World Champion, Japanese shooter Tomoyuki Matsuda, claimed the Gold medal in the 50m Pistol Men event, prevailing over Silver medallist Kim Song Guk, of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, after a thrilling match.

The seventh series of the final turned out to be crucial for both Matsuda and Kim, as the North Korean athlete hit a disappointing 6.7-9.2 combination, squandering the advantage he was holding on his Japanese rival.

Since then, instead, Matsuda shot excellently, building his own advantage and leading the match until its final shot, where he concluded with a fantastic 10.8 and the final score of 191.6 points.

Despite finishing 2nd with 185.8 points, Kim Song Guk and his teammate Kim Jong Su, Bronze medallist with 166.8, celebrated anyway, as the two Olympic quota places that were up for grabs in this event went to North Korea.

The allocation of the Olympic slots was decided quite early, as the other two athletes eligible for the quota places were Kazakhstan’s Vyacheslav Podlesnyy, who placed 6th with 107.9 points, and Japan’s Seiji Morikawa, 7th with 87.8.

4th, overtaken by Kim Jong Su after the seventh series, finished India’s Omkar Singh with the final score of 147.0, followed by another Kazakh athlete, Vladimir Issachenko, with 129.3.

8th and eliminated first from the final round with 68.1 points, was South Korea’s Kim Euijong.

The competition will continue this afternoon with the 10m Air Rifle Women final scheduled at 4:00 PM (UTC+5:30).

Live updates will be available online on the ISSF website and on the ISSF social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter,Instagram and Sina Weibo.

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RESULTS - 50m Pistol Men

1. MATSUDA Tomoyuki

2. KIM Song Guk

3. KIM Jong Su

29.01.2016

Marco Vettoretti

Posted by Thom Erik Syrdahl

Source ISSF Website

Iran’s Najmeh Khedmati grabs the Air Rifle Gold, India gets Silver, Bronze and a quota

Najmeh Khedmati  29.01.2016

Finals 10m Air Rifle Women

Asia Olympic Qualifying Competition for Shooting · New Delhi, IND

After finishing tied with India’s Ayonika Paul, the Iranian athlete hit the best shot in the shoot-off for the Gold medal. Paul and her teammate Pooja Ghatkar completed the podium in 2nd and 3rd place respectively.

After an exciting and thrilling final round, Iranian athlete Najmeh Khedmati pocketed the 10m Air Rifle Women Gold medal at the Asia Olympic Qualifying Competition in New Delhi (IND).

Khedmati battled for the whole match with her two Indian opponents, Ayonika Paul and Pooja Ghatkar, claiming the lead only after her 18th shot, when Ghatkar hit a disappointing 8.8 and slipped from the 1st to the 3rd place, sealing her performance with 184.5 final points and with the Bronze medal.

In the last series, then, Ayonika Paul closed the gap with Khedmati, tying their scores at 205.9 and forcing a tie-breaking shoot-off for the 1st place. There, the Indian shooter only marked a 9.9, while Khedmati hit a 10.1, finally claiming the Gold medal. The first one for the Islamic Republic of Iran in this competition.

As Khedmati earned an Olympic quota during last year’s ISSF World Cup, the first slot available went to Paul, but as India already collected one with Apurvi Chandela, also during last year's World Cup, the second one went to Republic of Korea's Lee Eunseo, 4th with 163.1 points.

5th with the final score of 143.5 points placed Singapore’s Ho Xiu Yi with 143.5, followed in 6th by Mongolia’s Narantuya Chuluunbadrakh with 122.4. Two more Singaporean athletes finished at the two bottom positions of the final: Xiang Wei Jasmine Ser placed 7th with 101.6, and Martina Lindsay Veloso placed 8th with 80.8.

Medal standings after 7 out of 15 events

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	JPN	3		1	4
2	KOR	1	1	2	4
3	IND	1	1	1	3
4	KUW	1		1	2
5	IRI	1			1
6	TPE		2		2
7	CHN		1	1	2
7	PRK		1	1	2
9	THA		1		1
		7	7	7	21

The competition will continue tomorrow with the 10m Air Rifle Men final scheduled at 1:30 PM (UTC+5:30), followed by the Double Trap Men final at 3:30 PM.

Live updates will be available online on the ISSF website and on the ISSF social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter,Instagram and Sina Weibo.

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RESULTS - 10m Air Rifle Women

1. KHEDMATI Najmeh

2. PAUL Ayonika

3. GHATKAR Pooja

29.01.2016

Marco Vettoretti

Seleção de tiro esportivo paralímpico inicia primeira fase de treinos do ano

     Debora Campos


       Geraldo Von Rosenthal

Terça, 26 Janeiro 2016 16:10

Geraldo Von Rosenthal e Debora Campos, ambos da classe SH1 e já garantidos  

nos Jogos Paralímpicos do Rio 2016, começaram em Brasília a preparação para 

a competição

A primeira fase de treinamento da Seleção Brasileira de tiro esportivo paralímpico 

começou nesta segunda-feira (25.01). Esta é a primeira etapa de atividades, que 

ocorre até 31 de janeiro, na Federação Brasiliense da modalidade, em Brasília (DF).

 

O começo dos trabalhos tem como prioridade a preparação técnica de dois atletas, 

em especial: Geraldo Von Rosenthal e Debora Campos, ambos da classe SH1 e já garantidos 

nos Jogos Paralímpicos do Rio 2016, em setembro.

 

Aspectos como a criação dos planejamentos individuais de treinamento; avaliação 

dos atletas na parte física; definição dos parâmetros de manutenção e definição 

das metas para os calendários nacional e internacional do ano serão os métodos 

utilizados nesta primeira parte de treinos.

 

A segunda etapa de treinamento será iniciada logo ao fim da primeira. Os dois titulares 

principais do Brasil se reúnem em São Paulo, de 1 a 7 de fevereiro, para dar continuidade 

à fase de preparação.

 

Fonte: CPB
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