Day - 5 - Kamenskiy and Galashina lift Russia atop the Air Rifle Mixed Team podium

Final 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team

ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol · Munich, GER

The experienced Olympic medalist and the up-and-coming junior world champion beat Team China 1 and Team China 2 to collect their first gold medal in this event.

The 2018 ISSF World Cup in Munich continues today with the Mixed Team competitions, the new events recently added to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Programs.

Russia’s Sergey Kemenskiy and her teammate Anastasiia Galashina climbed atop today’s 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event, during the last competition day this world cup stage.

The two athlete scored 499.6 points, beating Team China 1 (Wu Mingyang and Song Buhan) and Team China 2 (Wang Luyao and Yu Haonan) in the final match.

Team China 1 claimed silver with 497.9 points, leaving their fellow countrymen of Team China 2 in third place with 433.1 points.

Israel (Tal Engler and Sergey Richter) followed the medalists in 4th place with 389.8 points, while Team Korea 1 (Jung Eunhea and Kim Hyeonjun) took the 5th place with 347.7 points.

Rio 2016 Silver medalist Kamenskiy said:

“It’s my first time in a mixed team event final, and therefore my first medal in this event. It’s real fun.”

The expert 31-year old rifle shooter teamed up with Galashina, a 1997’s up-and-coming athlete who already set two junior world records in 2016 and 2017, winning two ISSF Junior World Cup editions and an European Championship junior title.

“I am lucky to have a teammate like Anstasiia. She shot great, especially in the last part of the match, she was unstoppable!” Kamenskiy said.

VIDEO - Final 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team

28.05.2018

Marco Dalla Dea

Posted by Thom Erik Syrdahl

Source - ISSF Website

Day - 5 - Kostevych and Omelchuk sign Ukraine's third thrilling gold

Final 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team

ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol · Munich, GER

The Ukrainian team pocketed the brightest medal in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team final, the closing event of the ISSF World Cup Stage 4 in Munich (GER). Serbia and the People’s Republic of China completed the podium in 2nd and 3rd place, respectively.

An unbelievable match sealed the fourth stage of the 2018 ISSF World Cup Series in Munich (GER), where Ukraine’s Olena Kostevych and Oleh Omelchuk secured their country’s third gold in the competition, ruling the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event at the end of a tight duel against Serbia’s Zorana Arunovic and Damir Mikec.

With only five shots left to fire in the final match, in fact, the Serbian team were sitting on a 2.4-point advantage over Kostevych and Omelchuk — who had both won gold in the two previous individual Air Pistol events.

There, the Ukrainian couple first reduced the gap to 2.2 points, then overtaking Arunovic and Mikec with a fantastic 61.9-point conclusive series, and securing the brightest medal with 481.0 points. Only 0.2 points better than their Serbian opponents, who won their second consecutive silver medal in this event and signed off with 480.8 points.

Far away from Arunovic and Mikec, the duo composed by Pu Qifeng and Xiong Yaxuan of the People’s Republic of China concluded in 3rd place, pocketing the bronze medal with 416.5 points.

Both Pu and Xiong won their second medal in this competition, as Xiong won gold in the 25m Pistol Women and Pu took bronze in the 10m Air Pistol Men, three days ago.

The two teams representing the Republic of Korea placed in the bottom two positions: Jin Jongoh and Kwak placed 4th with 376.1 points — 0.8 points behind their Chinese rivals at the time of the elimination — while Kim and Lee finished in 5th positions with the final score of 335.9 points.

Marco Vettoretti


Posted by Thom Erik Syrdahl
Source ISSF Website

Day -4 - Story of the Finals, 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women; 10m Air Pistol Women and 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men

Dear followers of my Blog,

You will realize that I am trying to create a new way to publicize the results of a shooting championship, in an attempt to group the events of a day, making the disclosure more dynamic and perhaps facilitate the consultation for all who enjoy the shooting sport.

The perfect description of the events’, will continue to be written, as always, by Marco Vitoretti and Marco Dalla Dea. They will be condensed, but just click on the title of each event to access it in its entirety.

Thom Erik Syrdahl

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RESULTS - 10m Air Pistol Women

1. KOSTEVYCH Olena

2. WANG Qian

3. KIM Minjung

27.05.2018

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RESULTS - 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women

1. AHMADI Elaheh

2. CHEN Dongqi

3. ZHANG Binbin

27.05.2018

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RESULTS - 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men

1. LIN Junmin

2. GEIS Oliver

3. ALVAREZ Jorge

27.05.2018

STORY - Final 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women

Ahmadi beats two world-record holders to win 50m Rifle 3 Positions
 final

The Iranian shooter claimed her first world cup gold medal in this event,
 finishing ahead of China’s...

27.05.2018

STORY - Final 10m Air Pistol Women

Kostevych wins Air Pistol final, claims the second medal in Munich

Back to the range, with her six-month-old baby, the pistol ace is aiming at
the world championship. ...

27.05.2018

STORY - Final 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men

Lin claims second 25m Rapid Fire Pistol gold back to back

The stats of the 21-year old Chinese shooter are impressive: 2 gold
and 1 silver, out of 4 finals, o...

27.05.2018

VIDEO - Final 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men

27.05.2018

VIDEO - Final 10m Air Pistol Women

27.05.2018

VIDEO - Final 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women

27.05.2018

Posted by Thom Erik Syrdahl

Source ISSF Website

Day -3 - Belarus’ Charheika beat Maslennikov to win air rifle final in Munich

Final 10m Air Rifle Men

ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol · Munich, GER

The two athletes dueled right to the last shot to secure the brightest medal at the third stage of this year’s ISSF World Cup Series.

The 2018 ISSF World Cup in Rifle and PIstol events held in Munich, Germany, continued today with the men’s 10m Air Rifle final. 

In a crowded final hall at the 1972 Olympics shooting range, Belarus’ Illia Charheika claimed the first world cup gold medal of his career with 249.5 points. 

The 25-year old shooter, ranked 18th in the world in this event, had gained two European Championship junior titles in 2010 and 2011, as well as a Youth Olympic Games Silver in 2010. 

Today, he beat Rio 2016 Bronze medalist Vladimir Maslennikov by 0.7 points. The 23-year old Russian shooter finished in second place with 248.8 points, claiming his second world cup silver medal of the season, following a podium placement in Changwon.

Chinese Taipei’s Lu Shao-Chuan, taking part in his first world cup final match, survived a shoot-off against Croatia’s Peter Gorsa to climb on the podium. With 227.9 points, the 21-year old athlete collected the bronze medal, leaving his Croatian opponents in fourth with 206.9 points. 

Milenko Sebic of Serbia took the 5th place with 186.0 points, finishing ahead of Russia’s Sergey Kamenskiy (who had won Silver at yesterday’s 50m Rifle 3 Position match), 6th with 164.3 points, today. 

Austria’s Martin Strempfl and Slovakia’s Patrik Jany closed in 6th and 7th place, with 143.9 and 121.1 points, respectively. 

The ISSF World Cup in Munich, which sees 817 athletes from 84 nations competing in the 10 Olympic rifle and pistol shooting events, will continue tomorrow, 27th of May, with three more medal events. 

The women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions final will start at 12.30 (GMT+1). The women’s 10m Air Pistol final will follow at 14.15, while the men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol match will close day-4 of this world cup stage at 16.30. 

Watch all the final matches live at www.issf-sports.org 

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RESULTS - 10m Air Rifle Men

1. CHARHEIKA Illia

2. MASLENNIKOV Vladimir

3. LU Shao-Chuan

26.05.2018

Marco Dalla Dea

Posted by Thom Erik Syrdahl

Source - ISSF Website

Day 2 - Xiong claims China’s second gold in Munich

Final 25m Pistol Women

ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol · Munich, GER

The first-time finalist beat her teammate Yao to win the 25m Pistol Women final at the ISSF World Cup in Munich.

People’s Republic of China’s Xiong Yaxuan won the 25m Pistol Women final that closed day-2 of the 2018 ISSF World Cup in rifle and pistol events held in Munich, Germany. 

The 21-year old shooter scored 31 hits to finish atop of the podium, while competing in her first final.

“I am very excited about this medal, my first medal. I do not have that much experience in international competitions, but it doesn’t really matter: I am competing against myself. I concentrated on my shots and on my competition.” 

Xiong debuted in the ISSF World Cup Series this year, in Changwon, where she placed in 17th. 

“I tried to do my best today, but I believe I could have done even better. I will keep on working to improve.”

Today she climbed up the podium along with her teammate Yao Yushi, who scored 29 hits to collect her second world cup medal of the season, following the bronze she won in Changwon in April. 

Following the two Chinese teammates, the Bronze medal went to Athens 2004 Olympic champion Olena Kostevych of Ukraine, coming back to an ISSF World Cup podium after missing since 2016. The 33-year old sharpshooter collected 24 hits to beat Vitalina Batsarashkina of the Russian Federation (4th with 21 hits).  

By winning gold and silver, Xiong and Yao rocketed the People’s Republic of China atop of the intermediate medal standings, with 2 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medals. 

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RESULTS - 25m Pistol Women

1. XIONG Yaxuan

2. YAO Yushi

3. KOSTEVYCH Olena

25.05.2018

VIDEO - Final 25m Pistol Women

25.05.2018

Marco Dalla Dea

Posted by Thom Erik Syrdahl

Source - ISSF Website

Day - 2. Omelchuk signs a new World Record on his way to the top of the podium

Final 10m Air Pistol Men

ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol · Munich, GER

The experienced shooter of Ukraine won his seventh World Cup gold medal — the second one in the Air Pistol event — ruled the 10m Air Pistol Men final match and raised the World Record bar by 1.3 points. Home favorite Christian Reitz of Germany took silver, while Pu Qifeng of the People’s Republic of China claimed the bronze medal.

After People’s Republic of China’s Yang Haoran set a new World Record in today’s opening event, another record was set in the following match: the men’s 10m Air Pistol.

Ukraine’s experienced shooter Oleh Omelchuk, indeed, moved into the top position at the end of the second 5-shot series, then extending his advantage with a great 10.3-10.8 combination and defending himself from the comeback of Germany’s 31-year-old Christian Reitz.

Despite firing three times inside the 9th ring and once inside the 8th, the 35-year-old Ukrainian shooter maintained his lead until the end of the match, eventually climbing atop the podium with 243.6 points, 1.3 above the previous World Record.

Reitz followed in 2nd place with 242.4 points, adding a second silver medal to the one he won at this year’s ISSF World Cup Stage 1 in Guadalajara (MEX).

The bronze was awarded to People’s Republic of China’s Pu Qifeng (32), who finished in 3rd position and stepped on an ISSF podium four years after winning two bronzes at the World Cup in Beijing (CHN).

At the feet of the podium, the 2017 ISSF Shooter of the Year Matsuda Tomoyuki (42) of Japan placed 4th with 198.7 points, followed by Russian Federation’s Artem Chernousov and Kim Song Guk of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: the Russian 22-year-old took 5th place with 179.4 points, while the North Korean 32-year-old concluded in 6th position with 157.8.

After twelve shots, Jin Jongoh (38) of the Republic of Korea was the first shooter eliminated from the final, finishing in 8th place with 116.3 points. Two shots later, Jin was followed by India’s 22-year-old Om Prakash Mitharval, 7th on the table with 136.9 points.

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RESULTS - 10m Air Pistol Men

1. OMELCHUK Oleh

2. REITZ Christian

3. PU Qifeng

25.05.2018

Marco Vettoretti

Posted by Thom Erik Syrdahl,

Source ISSF Website

Day - 2. Yang Haoran pockets his first 3 Positions gold, sets a new World Record

Final 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men

ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol · Munich, GER

The Chinese 22-year-old shooter — who counts seven international gold medals in the Air Rifle event — climbed atop the podium in Munich, prevailing over Russian Federation’s Sergey Kamenskiy and Italy’s Marco De Nicolo, who respectively took silver and bronze.

People’s Republic of China’s Yang Haoran ruled the men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions final in Munich (GER), securing the first gold medal of his bright career in this event. The 22-year-old Chinese shooter, in fact, had previously won seven ISSF gold medals between World Cups, World Cup Finals and World Championships. All in the Air Rifle event.

At the Olympia Schießanlage, Yang ruled the 3 Positions event from the very first series, starting off with three great rounds in the kneeling position — where he scored a total of 156.8 points — and then shooting with great consistency also in the following prone position.

After 30 shots, Yang had a 1.6-point advantage on Russian Federation’s Sergey Kamenskiy, a gap that the Chinese shooter increased to 1.7 after the first two standing series.

Along the decisive elimination phase, Yang fired three times in the 10th ring, successfully defending the top position and pocketing the brightest medal with the score of 465.3 points: a new World Record in this event. His 30-year-old Russian rival, instead, closed with 463.4 points placing 2nd and winning his fourth World Cup medal in this event.

“I’m extremely happy that I finally won my first gold in the 3 Positions event,” said Yang, who also wrote a new Qualification World Record in the elimination phase with 1187 points. “It’s been such a pleasure to compete along these experienced and talented shooters”

The podium was completed by Italy’s Marco De Nicolo (41) — 3rd with 447. 7 points — who preceded Serbia’s 33-year-old Milutin Stefanovic, Poland’s 28-year-old Tomasz Bartnik and Norway’s 20-year-old Henrik Larsen: Stefanovic placed 4th with 437.0 points, Bartnik took 5th place with 426.4, and Larsen finished in 6th position with 414.6 points.

At the 40th-shot mark, the two athletes standing at the bottom of the table were eliminated: Croatia’s 30-year-old Petar Gorsa — who previously entered the match with the highest qualification score — placed 7th with 404.7 points, while Hungary’s experienced shooter Peter Sidi (39) took 8th position with 403.8.

  

Live results, news and updates will be available on www.issf-sports.org and on all ISSF social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Weibo and Youku.

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RESULTS - 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men

1. YANG Haoran

2. KAMENSKIY Sergey

3. DE NICOLO Marco

25.05.2018

Marco Vettoretti

Posted by Thom Erik Syrdahl

Source - ISSF Website

Day 1 - Lin Ying-Shin claims first gold of the ISSF World Cup in Munich

Final 10m Air Rifle Women

ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol · Munich, GER

This is her third medal back to back in 2018, between world cup and junior world cup stages.

Chinese Taipei’s Lin Ying-Shin won today’s 10m Air Rifle Women final at the 2018 ISSF Wolrd Cup in Rifle and Pistol events in Munich, Germany. 

The 19-year old athlete scored 250.3 points to climb atop of the podium, and to collect her first world cup gold medal ever. 

“I can’t believe it, I am so happy. I started shooting during my high-school studies and I never imagined I could reach these results.” 

Just one year ago, at the world cup held here in Munich, Lin had finished in 43rd place. This year, she started off the season by winning a Junior World Cup silver medal in Sydney, and then claimed a silver in the open category at the ISSF World Cup stage 2 in Changwon, Republic of Korea. Today’s was her third world cup / junior world cup medal in a row. 

“I have been working hard, training a lot, in the last year, and results are paying off” she commented, “now I will focus on the Asian Games, and then of course on the 2020 Olympics.” 

She beat today’s silver medalist Wu Mingyang of the People’s Republic of China, who finished in second place with 249.8 points, claiming her second world cup medal back to back after her victory in Fort Benning, two weeks ago. 

First-time finalist Rikke Maeng Ibsen of Denmark, 27, took the bronze medal with 229.0 points, gaining her very first ISSF medal in career, besting India’s Apruvi Chandela (4th with 205.4 points) and China’s third finalist Wang Luyao (5th with 186.1 points). 

The fourth stage of this year’s ISSF World Cup Series is held in Munich from the 22nd through the 28ht of May and takes place at the historic Olympian Schiessanlage in Hochbruck, the 1972 Olympic venue. A total of 817 athletes are competing here, representing 84 National Olympic Committees and piling up to 1512 starts in the ten Rifle and Pistol Olympic events — eight individual and two mixed. The competition follows the three previous stages held in Guadalajara (MEX), Changwon (KOR) and Fort Benning (USA), also marking the 28th time that the Bavarian city hosts an ISSF World Cup stage.

The next medal events will be held tomorrow, 25th of May: the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men final is scheduled at 12.30 (GMT+1), the 10m Air Pistol Men final will start at 14.15, while the 25m Pistol Women final will close day 2 of the competition at 15.45. All finals will be broadcasted live on www.issf.sports.org 

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RESULTS - 10m Air Rifle Women

1. LIN Ying-Shin

2. WU Mingyang

3. IBSEN Rikke Maeng

24.05.2018

Marco Dalla Dea

Posted by Thom Erik Syrdahl

Source ISSF Website

Munich is about to welcome the fourth stage of the 2018 ISSF World Cup Series

ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol · Munich, GER

The German city — a landmark of the international shooting sport circuit — will host its 28th World Cup stage since 1986. More than 800 shooters will travel to Munich (GER), representing 84 countries and piling up 1512 total starts.

The fourth stage of the 2018 ISSF World Cup Series will kick off in Munich (GER) on May 22nd, taking place at the historic Olympian Schiessanlage in Hochbruck, the venue that hosted the shooting sport events at the Munich 1972 Olympic Games.

A total of 817 athletes will compete, representing 84 National Olympic Committees and piling up 1512 starts in the ten Rifle/Pistol events — eight individual and two mixed.

The competition follows the three previous stages held in Guadalajara (MEX), Changwon (KOR) and Fort Benning (USA), also marking the 28th time that the Bavarian city hosts an ISSF World Cup stage. The World Cup Series will reprise in Siggiewi (MLT) next month, then concluding in Tucson (USA) next July.

Here’s the calendar of the ten final matches scheduled in Munich:

Thursday, May 24th

10m Air Rifle Women at 1:30 pm (UTC+2:00)

Friday, May 25th

50m Rifle 3 Positions Men at 12:30 pm

10m Air Pistol Men at 2:15 pm

25m Pistol Women at 3:45 pm

Saturday, May 26th

10m Air Rifle Men at 1:15 pm

Sunday, May 27th

50m Rifle 3 Positions Women at 12:30 pm

10m Air Pistol Women at 2:15 pm

25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men at 4:30 pm

Monday, May 28th

10m Air Rifle Mixed Team at 12:00 pm

10m Air Pistol Mixed Team at 3:00 pm

All finals will be streamed live on the ISSF website, on the Federation’s Livestream channel and on its official Facebook page.

Live results, news and updates will be available on www.issf-sports.org and on all ISSF social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Weibo and Youku.

Marco Vettoretti

Posted by Thom Erik Syrdahl

Source: - ISSF Website