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ISSF World Cup Munich
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15-05-2008 12:14pm#1
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From ISSF TV:The 2008 ISSF World Cup Munich was opened by the 10M Air Rifle Men Event
The 2008 ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup Munich started today with the 10M Air Rifle Men Event. The final match resulted in the personal success of the 25-year old Moldoveanu, first time Gold medallist in an ISSF competition, and in a breathtaking struggle for Silver won by the Olympic Champion Zhu Qinan.
The 2008 ISSF World Cup Rifle and Pistol in Munich has been opened today by the first final round, the 10M Air Rifle Men match, which took place at the 1972 Olympic Shooting Range of Munich.
The 25-year old Romanian shooter Alin George Moldoveanu, third in the World Rank, won his first ISSF World Cup Gold medal, closing the final round with a score of 702.0 points “It was perfect, I’ve been looking for this Gold all my life long!” claimed Moldoveanu, who won six ISSF Silver medals in the last three years. He was Silver medallist at the 2005 ISSF World Cup of Munich, Silver at the 2005 World Cup Final of Munich, and again Silver at the 2006 ISSF World Championships. In spite of winning a podium placement almost in every international air rifle competition, he could not shot that Gold “Finally this Gold medal came. I won several Silvers in the last years, but I had never climbed the highest step of the podium before. Now I’ll travel to the ISSF World Cup in Milan, preparing myself for the upcoming Games”.
Moldoveanu had started the match in first today, with an outstanding qualification of 399 points and a two-point head start on his followers. Enough to keep everybody behind him, and to win with ease the brightest medal with an average of 10.3 points per shot.
The fight for Silver and Bronze kept the numerous spectators breathless. The 2004 Olympic Champion Zhu Qinan of China, 23, shot the highest score in the final of 103.6 points, winning the struggle and placing in second with a total of 700.6 points.
The expert Thomas Farnik of Austria, 41, close-followed him in third place with a score of 699.8 points, winning Bronze has he had already done here at the 1999 World Cup. The experienced athlete, who set the current World Record in this event at the 2006 World Cup Final of Granada, had to fight against the first time finalist Niccolò Campriani of Italy. The 20-year old Italian shooters challenged the senators right to the last shot, when he turned out to be three tenths shy to step on the podium and placed in fourth with 699.5 points.
The two times Olympians Artur Aivazian of Ukraine, 35, placed in fifth, while the 22-year old Pierre Edmond Piasecki of France finished in sixth.
The 2007 European Champion of Deuville Konstantine Prikhodtchenko of Russia, who had placed fourth at the pre-Olympic test World Cup in Beijing a few weeks ago, closed today’s match in seventh place.
Gagan Narang of India, who had won Bronze at the “Good Luck Beijing” 2008 World Cup, did not play his best final today. After a 396-point qualification round, he scored 100.6 points throughout the ten final shots, and eventually landed in eight place.10M Air Rifle Women Final – Sonja Pfeilschifter unbeatable on the lines of Munich
Sonja Pfeilschifter confirmed her supremacy at the Olympic Shooting Range of Munich, where she has won almost every title and medal since 1991. Starting in first, she won the tenth World Cup Gold medal of her successful career. The round was announced to be tough, due to the high scores reached in the qualification, and resulted in an exciting fight for Silver and Bronze.
A qualification score of 397 points is usually enough to get into a final round in the 10M Air Rifle Women event. It was not enough today, at the Olympic Shooting Range of Munich, where the last qualification series and the high tenths had to be counted to draw the final start list.
The high results reached here showed once more how the Olympic Range of Munich selects the bests out of the bests, and how those high scores are the norm here. And the home athlete Sonja Pfelischifter confirmed once more to be unbeatable on the lines of this venue. She has won almost all the competitions set here in the last years, becoming the idol of the local spectators who crowded the final hall also today. Pfeilschifter did not delude their expectations. The left ended German shooter entered the final round in first with 399 points, and shot right to the Gold with no hesitations, totalizing a score of 503.4 points. She had won the 1999, 2000, and 2001 World Cup Final here, and last year’s ISSF World Cup. Being an expert in the 50M Rifle Three Positions Women Event, she will compete again in these days, and she’s accounted between the favourites to rule the final match as had happened last year, when she won both the 10M and the 50M event.
The qualification scores announced a tough final. Five shooters started tied with 398 points behind Pfeilschifter, and they fought right to the end to gain a spot on the podium. The Olympic Silver medallist of Athens 2004 and current European Champion Lioubov Galkina of Russia, moved up in the scoreboard shooting an excellent final round of 104.0 points, and eventually landed in second place winning Silver. Bronze went to the surprising 27-year old Agnieszka Staron of Poland, taking part in her third final round ever.
Emily Caruso of USA, 30, turned out to be the unlucky finalist. She started the match in second, tied to Sonja Pfeilschifter with 399 points, but then she could not keep up with the German champion dropping more then once in the ninths. She eventually landed in fifth place, behind the Olympic Champion Du Li of China, fourth today. The second Chinese finalist, the 26-year old Zhao Yinghui, placed in sixth, preceding the two less experienced shooter Yana Fatkhi of Uzbekistan and Darya Shytko of Ukraine, both taking part in their first ISSF final round in this event.0 -
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From ISSF TV:50M Rifle Prone Men Final – Martynov is back on top, thanks to a tenth.
The Belarusian champion Sergei Martynov had to struggle to win Gold in the day of his birthday. He had to face the young and skilled Stirton of Great Britain, who duelled against him right to the last shot, finishing then in second only by one tenth of a point. The current number one in the World, Warren Potent of Australia, finished in third.
The two times Olympic Bronze medallist of Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Sergei Martynov from Belarus, won the 50M Rifle Prone Event gaining Gold in the day of his 40th birthday “This medal is the best present I could receive!” he said after the match that he leaded with a final score of 703.3 points (599 + 104.3).
The current World Champion Martynov can be considered one of the most expert shooters of the World in the Prone Event. He won an incredible total of 18 World Cup medals in this competition, and he’s the current World Cup title-holder after his victory at the 2007 World Cup Final in Bangkok. Surprisingly, it has not been easy to win today’s Gold for him. He had to face the 27-year old, first time finalist, Neil Stirton of Great Britain, who entered the match with a tie qualification score of 599 points and battled Martynov right to the end. Stirton, who had finished in 41st at the World Cup held here in Munich two years ago, challenged Martynov throughout the ten final shots, overtaking him more then once on the shot-by-shot scoreboard. Eventually, he finished in second only by one tenth with a total score of 703.2 points.
Next to winning a Silver, his first medal in this event, Stirton preceded the current number one in the world, the Australian top shooter Warren Potent, 45, who won Bronze today.
Potent played an excellent final, remounting from the sixth place he had on the start line up to the third in spite of having a two-point disadvantage from the firsts. The Australian athlete landed on the third step of the podium with a total score of 702.3 points, with an excellent final of 105.3 points, confirming to be “the men to beat” in this event “I am feeling good, it was a little bit cold here this morning, but it was ok. The final has been exciting and I am quite satisfied of my scores, even if qualification could have been better. I am looking forward to the next World Cup in Milan…” Potent, who is said to be one of the most favourites to win a medal at the next Olympics together with Martynov, has ruled the 2007 season, and gained a Bronze at the first 2008 World Cup in Rio and won the pre-Olympic test of Beijing a few weeks ago.
Thomas Jerabek of Czech Republic, 34, moved up from the eighth place he had after the qualification, and closed the match in fourth with 700.7 points, today. The 35-year old Artur Aivazian of Ukraine followed him in fifth with 700.1 points.
The 2002 Rifle Three Positions World Champion Marcel Buerge form Switzerland, competing in his first World Cup final round in this event today, placed in sixth, followed by Vebjoern Berg of Norway and Jury Sukhorukov of Ukraine.0 -
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From ISSF TV:50M Pistol Men Final – Japan’s Matsuda remounted a six-point gap to shoot Gold
Tomoyuki Matsuda of Japan won the 50M Pistol Event playing an excellent final round. In spite of being 6 points behind the leader, he climbed up the scoreboard and shot Gold with a score of 663.7 points. The 22-year old Pang Wei of China, at his first final in this event, lost the leadership he had gained throughout the qualifications, and landed in second place.
The current 10M Air Pistol World Champion Pang Wei of China competed for the first time in the 50M Pistol Event today. In spite of his lack of experience in this event, he conducted an excellent qualification, entering the final round in first place with a score of 571 points and a 6-point head start on his followers. But then, the pressure of the leadership mounted during the match, and Pang Wei, 21-year old, started missing points shot after shot. He held the leadership right up to the tenth and last shot, when the 32-year old Tomoyuki Matsuda of Japan overtook him shooting Gold. Matsuda, who had placed in fourth at the last World Cup held on the lines of the Olympic Range of Beijing a few weeks ago, closed the match in first with 663.7 points, winning his first medal in an ISSF competition. Pang Wei was left in second, only four tenths behind, and won Silver with 663.3 points.
The 22-year old athlete Florian Schmidt of Germany, who placed in third with 661.2 points, won the struggle for Bronze and gained his first medal ever in this event. Schmidt, who had placed 40th at the World Cup held here in Munich, defeated some of the most expert pistol shooters of the World. The current number three in the World Joao Costa from Portugal, who had won the Munich World Cup last year, finished indeed in fourth with 660.5 points. The current Olympic Champion Michail Nestruev of Russia, 39, moved from the eighth place to the fifth, closing the match with a total score of 658.9 points.
Vigilio Fait of Italy placed in seventh, behind Yusuf Dikec of Turky, sixth. The two athletes preceded the Russian expert Vladimir Gontcharov,31, who lost the second position he had on the start list falling down in the scoreboard and eventually landing in eighth place with a total 657.7 points0 -
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Closing out the Munich WC:10M Air Pistol Women Final – Guo Wenjun ties Sonja Pfeilschifter in the medal standings
The young Chinese shooter Guo Wenjun shot her second Gold at the 2008 ISSF World Cup in Munich. She won the 10M Air Pistol Women Event today, three days after winning the 25M Pistol Final. The World Cup Final Bronze medallist Sagun Lewandowska of Poland won Silver, while Bronze went to the World Champion Natalia Paderina.
Guo Wenjun of China, 23-year old, ties Sonja Pfeilschifter in the medal standings of the 2008 ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup of Munich, winning her second Gold medal at the 10M Air Pistol Women Final. Guo also won the 25M Pistol match a few days ago, and she confirmed to love the Olympic range of Munich, where she had been winning medals last year also.
Guo is considered one of the best young, upcoming Sport Pistol shooter of the World, but she had never won an international medal in the 10M Air Pistol Event before today. The round that brought her on the first step of the podium was not one of the easiest. Guo started in first with the highest qualification scores of 389 points, but she had to face some of the best shooters of the world starting just one point behind her. She showed to be in great shape during the final round, shooting the highest final score of 102.1 points, leaving behind the Polish top shooter Miroslawa Sagun Lewandowska, who came in second winning Silver with 489.9 points.
Guo defeated also the current World Champion and World Cup title-holder, the 32-year old Natalia Paderina of Russia, who scored a final of 97.8 points placing in third and winning Bronze with 485.8 points. The Chinese pistol team finished in the spot light along with Guo. Her team-mate Fenji Fei and Ren Jie both entered the final round, placing in sixth and eighth place.
The youngest shooter taking part in today’s final, the 22-year old Mira Nevansuu of Finland, finished up in fourth place after shooting all the way from the eighth place she had on the start list. The young athlete has only competed in World Cup final rounds here in Munich, where she had won a Bronze last year.
Two former Olympic Champion competed in today’s final, the 1996 Champion of Atlanta Olga Kousnetsova from Russia and the 1988 Champion of Seoul Jasna Sekaric from Serbia. Kousnetsova, 39, finished in fifth place today, while Sekaric, 42, closed the match in seventh.50M Rifle Three Positions Men Final – The Olympic Champion is back
The Olympic Champion Jia Zhambo of China won his first Gold medal in an ISSF World Cup, coming back on the highest step of an international podium four years after the Games of Athens 2004 “I am training for the upcoming Olympics of Beijing, I will do my best to be there!” he said. The Russian masters Khadjibekov and Kovalenko took Silver and Bronze behind him.
The current Olympic Champion Jia Zhanbo came back atop of an international podium by winning the 50M Rifle Three Position Men Final, the last competition of the 2008 ISSF World Cup Stage in Munich. Jia had never won an international Gold after his triumph at the Games: he finished in fifth at the 2004 World Cup Final that followed the Olympics, and he had won a Silver medal at the 2007 World Cup Stage of Fort Benning, but he still had not found his way back to the first step of the podium. He started today’s final on the lead with 1180 points and a five-point head start. The consistent margin on his followers turned out to be a precious advantage after he scored a final shot in the sevenths. In spite of loosing more then two points on that single shot, he kept the leadership, and closed the round in first with 1276.5 points.
The Russian rifle team displayed its strength today, entering three shooters in the final round. Artem Khadjibekov and Sergei Kovalenko duelled right to the last shot for the medals, going back and forth in second and third place divided just by a few tenths of a point. The current World Champion Khadjibekov, 38, resolved the breathtaking struggle in his favour in spite of closing the round with an 8.3 shot, placing in second and winning Silver with 1272.7 points.
Sergei Kovalenko, 38, finished in third winning Bronze with 1272.1 points. The Russian shooter improved his collection of medals reached on the lines of the Olympic shooting range of Munich, where he has won two World Cup Stages in 2005 and 2006, and the 2005 World Cup Final.
The third Russian team-member Konstantin Prikhodtchenko placed in sixth, followed by the number one in the world Thomas Farnik of Austria, seventh, and by the home athlete Maik Eckhardt, eighth.
The 2000 Olympic Champion, the Slovenian shooter Rajmond Debevec, 45, shot the highest score in the final (100.7 points), climbing up the scoreboard form the seventh place he had on the start-list to his final placement in fourth.50M Rifle Three Positions Women Final – Sonja Pfeilschifter grabbed her second victory
The final hall of Munich burst into applauses for Sonja Pfeilschifter, the home champion who shot Gold both in the 10M Air Rifle and in the 50M Rifle Three Positions Events . She had won both the also last year, and confirmed today to be unbeatable on the lines of the 1972 Olympic Range of Munich.
The shooting fans were amused by the performance of the German Champion Sonja Pfeilschifter at the ISSF World Cup in Munich, last year, when she won both the Women Rifle events with strong determination, ruling the World Cup and winning the applauses of the crowded final hall. This year, coming up to the expectations of her German fans, Pfeilschifter repeated herself. After winning the 10M Air Rifle Women event two days ago, she shot Gold at today’s 50M Rifle Three Positions Final, reaching again the double victory on the lines of her home range.
Pfeilschifter, 37, has a long career of success and remarks. The German athlete competes since 1989, and won a total of four World Championships in Air and Three Positions Rifle events. She was awarded shooter of the year twice, in 1998 and 1999, and proved to be one of the most consistent rifle shooter of the World being on the edge since years.
She started today’s 50M Rifle Three Positions Final on the lead, with a qualification score of 586 points, and shot an outstanding final of 101.0 points supported by her home court fans. None of the other finalists could catch her up. Snjezana Pejcic of Croatia, 25, taking part in her first final round today, finished in second place with 684.2 points in spite of starting tied to Pfeilschifter. Adela Sykorova form Czech Republic, 21, also a first time finalist, won Bronze dramatically improving her performance from the last year, when she had placed in 20th at the ISSF World Cup in Sydney.
The Chinese 10M Air Rifle Olympic and World Champion Du Li, of China, took part in the three positions competition today. “I have never gave up the three positions event”, she said after winning Gold at the pre-Olympic World Cup of Beijing. And she confirmed her statements today, making her way up from the eighth place she had on the start list to the fourth place on the final scoreboard. She preceded the expert 37-year old Anzela Voronova, from Estonia, who closed the match in fifth after shooting off 10.1 to 10.0 China’s Wu Liuxi.
Two young shooters placed in seventh and eighth place, today. Irene Beyeler of Switzerland, eight last year at the 2007 World Cup Munich, first climbed up the scoreboard, scoring in the tenths, and then she drop down eventually landing in seventh. Darya Shytko of Ukraine, 22, closed in eighth place.http://www.issfnews.com//pictures/articles/2008/Competitions/855/003_QW0Q5508.jpg
The 10M Air Pistol competition was won by the Chinese athlete Lin Zhongzai, 26, who finished the final ahead of all exploiting the four-point head start he had gained throughout the qualification. The fight for Silver between the two Russian shooters Ekimov and Gontcharov kept the audience breathless: the young Junior World Champion left his older team-mate a few tenths behind after the last shot.
The 26-year old shooter Lin Zhongzai won his first medal ever in the 10M Air Pistol Event at the ISSF World Cup in Munich, today. The 26-year old athlete, who has won remarkable titles in the 50M Pistol Event, had been three times in a World Cup final match during the 2006 World Cup Series, but his best placement had been a fourth place reached in Milan. Lin came out of an excellent qualification round with 590 points today, and started the final with four points of advantage on the following Vladimir Gontcharov of Russia. The Chinese athlete took full advantage of his head start, and closed the round in first in spite of scoring three disappointing shots in the ninths, totalizing 688.6 points.
The expert Gontcharov, 31, second in the world rank and winner of a Silver medal at the pre-Olympic test World Cup of Beijing, shot an average lower then 10 points per shot in the final, and slid in third place winning Bronze. His total score of 685.6 points turned out to be too weak to resist the 2006 Junior World Champion, his team-mate Leonid Ekimov, 20. The young Russian shooter, said to be an upcoming pistol champion, closed the final in second place winning Silver with 686.7 points.
Germany, who had just celebrated the victory of Sonja Pfeilschifter in the 50M Rifle Three Position Women, cheered for the 44-year old Hans Joerg Meyer. The German athlete closed the match in fourth place, mirroring the 2005 Pistol final here in Munich, when he had reached the same results. Andrija Zlatic of Serbia, 30, finished in fifth place, preceding the current World Champion Pang Wei of China, 21, Silver medallist of the 50M Pistol match two days ago.
The long experienced Norayr Bakhtamyan of Armenia, 37, placed in seventh, followed by the ’06 World Championships Silver medallist Jakkrit Panichpatikum from Thailand.0
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