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The Italian Shotgun Federation hosted the International Paralympic Shotgun Shooting Gran Prix




FITAV, the Italian Shotgun Shooting Federation presided by the ISSF Vice-President Mr. Luciano Rossi, organized the sixth editionof the yearly grand prix dedicated to Paralympic Shotgun Shooting, continuing a development project that also involves the ISSF and the IPC.
For the sixth consecutive year FITAV, the Italian governing body of the Shotgun shooting competitions, organized and hosted an international grand prix dedicated to Paralympic athletes.

The competition, held between October 28th and October 30th at the Accademia Lombarda Shooting Range in Pavia (ITA), saw the participation of 75 athletes coming from 15 countries, doubling the number of shooters who took part in its the first edition held in 2011, when 38 participants represented 7 different nations. Once again, the grand prix marked the peak of a project conducted by FITAV under the supervision of ISSF and IPC Shooting.

“We really pleased with the outcome of this event: it’s a record in terms of participation and quality: we witnessed some great results at the competition,” the FITAV President and ISSF Vice President Luciano Rossi commented. “We have been working effortless to promote para-clay shooting at every level since years, as the shooting sport family has a long tradition of inclusi on.”

During the course of the event, Italy, Great Britain and Spain also decided to host a series of para-shooting competitions in 2017, in order to promote the sport and encourage its practice. The format of the competition will be submitted to IPC Shooting by the end of 2016.

Results and photos of the event can be found at this link: https://www.paralympic.org/shooting/development/para-clay-target.

Posted by Thom Erik Syrdahl
Source - http://www.issf-sports.org/

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