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2010 Youth Olympic Games
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21-08-2010 8:18pm#1From Archerfish:2010 Youth Olympic Games Kicked-off in Singapore!
August 21st, 2010
3500 athletes, 80 young shooters among them, pursuing their Olympic dream at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games edition in Singapore.
The Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games kicked off last Saturday night, with the city’s skyline providing a magnificent backdrop to an exciting opening ceremony followed by 30000 people who met at the Marina Bay, the “heart” of the Singapore’s Youth Olympic Games.
More the 3500 athletes coming from 204 countries will compete in 26 sports, during the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. Between them, 80 young shooters aged 17 and 18 years, who will participate in four competitions: 10m Air Rifle and 10m Air Pistol, Men and Women events.
“From this moment on, young people from around the world have a chance to participate in a global event that combines sport, education and culture,” IOC president Jacques Rogge said during the Opening Ceremony.
“Throughout this programme, our young Olympians will take part in activities and discussions on global and social issues as well as learn how they can make a positive impact in their community,” added Singapore’s President S R Nathan.
Spectators were on their feet clapping and cheering when the competitors entered from both sides of the stage of the Marina Bay venue. Three young shooters finished in the spotlights as flag bearers of their countries: Syeda Sadia Sultana for Bangladesh, Elvin Aroldo Lopez Calderon for Guatemala and Bahya Al-Hamad for Qatar.
Throughout the show, fireworks lit the sky. More than 2,000 were used and they were synchronised to the music and shot from the crowns of various buildings around Marina Bay. More than 5,000 performers, including children from 47 Singapore schools, were involved in the ceremony.
At the end, Olympic swimming legend Michael Phelps (USA), who won eight gold medals at the Beijing 2008 Games, reminded the young athletes that winning was not everything.
“Do your best but above all, have fun,” Phelps said in a video address.
The first Shooting Competition, the 10m Air Rifle Men Junior event, will take place on the 22nd of August, at the Singapore Sports School, at 12.00 AM!
And also from Archerfish:10m Air Rifle Junior Men Preview – Ready for the first shot!
August 21st, 2010
Less then 24 hours to go to the first rifle shot of the first Youth Olympic Games. Nervous, nail-bitten fingers have been triggering all day, training on the new shooting lines of the Singapore Sports School, where the first shooting competition will take place tomorrow morning at 9 AM.
Rifles have been tested. Air cylinders filled and emptied again. Targets were checked, and equipments controlled. All is ready, at the Singapore Sports School, for the debut of the Shooting Sport at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games!
The 10m Air Rifle Junior Men event, taking place tomorrow morning, will be the first shooting match of the inaugural Youth Olympic Games. Twenty shooters,aging 17 and 18 years will compete, pursuing their Olympic Dream on the lines of the newly constructed range of the Sports School.
The match will start at 9.00 AM and, after sixty qualification shots, the best eight athletes will proceed to the 10-shot final round, the pathway to the podium.
Ukraine’s Serhiy Kulish, is probably one of the most experienced shooters among those competing tomorrow. The 17-year old athlete, who has been participating in international junior events since 2008, finished in the spotlights by claiming two Junior medals (a Silver and a Bronze) at the ISSF World Championship in Munich, last July.
Belarus’ Illia Charheika is also enlisted between the favourites. The 17-year old shooters made it into the Youth Olympic Games by becoming the 2010 European Junior Champion, but he also finished between the firsts at the 2010 ISSF World Cup in Belgrade, when he closed the 10m Air Rifle Men event in 11th place competing against older champions in the open category.
Asian shooters such as Gao Ting Jie (CHN) and Kim Yong (KOR) will attempt to stop the European athletes from sweeping all the medals. Gao was the runner-up in the event at the Asian Championships in Doha in December 2009, and Kim said that claiming a gold medal, in his pet event, is his clear-cut goal at the Youth Olympic Games.
The only African shooter in the event, Egyptian Hossam Helmy, is poised to cause an upset. The Egyptian ruled the African Youth Qualification Championships in Algeria, last March, , and has shown consistency during practice sessions since he arrived in Singapore.
The results of the match, starting at 9 AM Singapore Time, will be posted on the YOG results page0
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From Archerfish:10m Air Rifle Men – China’s Gao claimed the Gold for his family
August 22nd, 2010
In spite of a disappointing first shot, the 17-year old talent climbed back in the lead to win the first YOG shooting medal, and to dedicate it to his parents.
Gao Ting Jie of China won the first Youth Olympic Gold awarded to shooting, claiming the brightest medal at the 10m Air Rifle Junior Men event with a total score of 694.9 (594+100.9) points.
Qualified in the lead with 594 points, the 17-year old shooter lost ground with a frustrating first shot of 8.9 points, and had to fight right to the last shot to finish atop of the scoreboard and to win his first international Gold medal ever.
Shooting neck and neck with the Belarusian champion Illioa Charheika (who had qualified in second with 593 points), Gao found his winning ace on the last shot, as he fired an great 10.5 that lifted him up to the highest step of the podium.
“I cannot wait to celebrate this medal with my family. I don’t see them since five months, as I have been training and preparing for this match!” said the 17-year old Chinese shooter.
“I am really happy about today’s competition. I have to thank my coach, Wanf Yify, and his words of wisdom. I was so nervous, before the match, but he helped me to calm down and to focus on the target!” continued Gao
“I will try to qualify for the 2012 Games, now – added the young winner, who won an ISSF World Cup Silver medal in the open event in Belgrade this year – The first test? The next Asian Games. I will try to beat my teammate Zhu Qinan (the 2004 Olympic Champion) to make it to the team!”
Gao’s coach, the 1992 and 2004 Olympic Champion Wang Yifu, also remembered for winning a Silver medal in the 10m Air Pistol Men event at the 1996 Games in spite of fainting during the final round, hardly contained his joy.
“The Youth Olympic Games is an exciting formula. It’s a great chance for our young athletes, and a great show for the youth of the world. This is a great way to promote the sport!” Wang said.
“I am just sorry that they invented the Youth Olympic Games only now – continued a 49-year old smiling Wang Yifu – I would definitely win the Youth title, if the YOG were existing in my days!”
Today’s Silver medal went to Belarus’ Illia Charheika, 17-year old, the 2010 Junior European Champion. The young shooter, who had already met Gao during this year’s ISSF World Cup Stage in Belgrade, finishing then in 11th place, did not make it by 0.8 points, less then 8 millimetres on a 10m Air Rifle targtet.
Charheika ended up with a total score of 694.1 (593+101.1) points, after firing a disappointing last shot of 9.4 points.
“I am on the podium of the Youth Olympic Games! – exclaimed the shooter, wearing the Silver – I would never imagine it, when I started shooting at the age of 11 year!”
“I am after an Olympic Qualification for London 2012, now!” continued Charheika “I will take part in next year’s ISSF World Cup series, trying to secure an Olympic Quota Place.”
Bronze went to one of the favourites, Ukraine’s Serhiy Kulish, the 17-year old athlete who had finished in the spotlights by claiming two Junior medals (a Silver and a Bronze) at the 2010 ISSF World Championship in Munich, last July. Kulish finished in third place with a total score of 692.8 (591+101.8) points, climbing on the third step of the podium 1.3 points far form the Silver medallist Charheika.
Korea’s Kin Yong fired today’s highest final score, 102.6 points, but that was not enough to grab a medal. The Korean shooter had started the match with a qualification score of 590 points, and his total score of 692.6 points placed him in fifth.
Following him, Germany’s Alexander Thomas closed in fifth place with 690.3 (588+102.3) points, while the Mexican finalist Erick Arzate Marchan ended up in sixth with (587+101.4) points.
The Italian finalist Simon Weithaler, who has started the match in fourth place and climbed in third place after the first final shot, suffered the pressure of the round, shooting more than once in the ninth ring, and eventually dropping down in seventh place.
“Shooting is all about mind and mental concentration. I did not make it. But still I am satisfied about my overall result. To be in an Olympic final is a good starting point!” the Italian athlete said, looking at his final score: 687.8 (590+97.8) points.
India’s Navdeep Singh Rathore, who had squeezed into the final round with the lower qualification score of 587 points, closed the match in eighth and last place, with a total score of 685.5 points, after scoring 98.5 points throughout the final.0 -
First place in Women's Air Rifle wasn't the biggest story though:
Last time that happened to a shooter was to Jozef Gonci, IIRC, and he's now the most famous sportsman in the Czech Republic. Has his face on a stamp, even.Guatemala’s first Olympic medal ever – “Bad luck is over!”
August 23rd, 2010
Guatemala’s team celebrated as laud and joyful as possible, at the Youth Olympic Shooting Range, as Geraldine Kate Solorzano Manson, 16, won the 10m Air Rifle Women Bronze medal, Guatemala’s first Olympic medal ever.
Who would have ever said that a piece of Guatemala’s history was going to be written as far as at the Sport School of Singapore, 10000 km far from the pacific shores of the Central American country?
Probably nobody.
But this is what happened today, as the 16-year old shooter Geraldine Kate Solorzano Manson won the 10m Air Rifle Women Bronze medal, the first Olympic medal ever won by Guatemala since it’s first participation in Olympic competitions, in 1952.
“This is an historical result for Guatemala!” commented the President of the Guatemalan National Olympic Committee, Gen. Segio Arnoldo Camargo Muralles, right after the match.
“We had been close to an Olympic medal many times, in 2004 and in 2008, but we never made it” continued Gen. Camargo Muralles “But finally the bad luck is over, thanks to this young girl!”
Geraldine Kate Solorzano Manson did everything she could to bring the medal back to Guatemala City. Qualified for the medal match with 374 points, she climbed in third place, fighting right to the last shot and further more against the Chinese shooter Fang Xue, and eventually finishing in third place with a total score of 471.5 points.
Guatemala first participated in the Olympics at 1952 Games in Oslo, and then competed in all Summer Olympic Games since 1968 and in one winter Olympics in 1988. In spite of several excellent placements, the American country had never won a medal in an Olympic event so far.
“This is an exceptional result our Guatemalan friends, and for the American Continent. It has been an exciting final, the match has been open right to the last shot!” said the ISSF President Olegario Vazquez Raña, hugging the medallist after the award ceremony “The Youth Olympic Games are proving to be an outstanding sport events, and an incredible chance for our young athletes.”
“Congratulation to Guatemala. And congratulation to all the participants: they are proving to be real sportsmen!” concluded the ISSF President.0 -
And in Women's Air Pistol:10m Air Pistol Women – “An injection of motivation”
August 23rd, 2010
Korea’s Kim won the 10m Air Pistol Women final with an outstanding advantage of 7.7 points on her followers. Fang won the second shooting medal for China, while Solorzano secured Guatemala’s first Olympic medal.
Korea’s Kim Jang Mi claimed the first Youth Olympic Gold medal awarded to ladies in shooting events with a total score of 479.2 (378+101.2) points after an outstanding final match.
The 17-year old Korean shooter passed through the qualification rounds with a score of 378 points, making it into the final in the lead. Then, shooting solidly throughout the 10-shot medal match, she landed on the highest step of the podium and was awarded her first international Gold medal.
“Sometimes it’s difficult to keep up with the school, my homework and the trainings, but it pays off! This medal is an injection of motivation for the future!” Kim said after the award ceremony.
“I picked up an Air Rifle, when I first started shooting, a few years ago… but then I tried the Air Pistol: it makes more fun! So I changed to this event, and these are the results!” she continued, “I had won a medal at the 2009 Asian Championship in Doha, but I would never expect to win today’s match!”
“My next Gold is to grab a qualification spot for the 2012 Olympics…. I am dreaming about it! I have seen the Korean Pistol Olympic Champion Jin Jong Oh once… I’d like to train with him, sometimes!” concluded Kim.
Almost eight points behind Kim, China’s Fang and Guatemala’s Solorzano fought till the last shot, and further more, to secure the Silver medal.
The two shooters had a chance to catch the Korean leader, but after the fifth final shot they both fired a series of disappointing shots in the eighth ring, dropping down in the placement.
The duel for the second step of the podium eventually finished in a tied score of 471.5 points, and it was a shoot-off (a single shot tiebreaker) to decide the final placements.
Shooting first, China’s Fang Xue marked an unbeatable 10.8 shot, securing the Silver and leaving the Bronze to Guatemala’s Kate Geraldine Solorzano with a 10.1.
The Guatemalan team celebrated as loud and joyful as possible: Solorzano’s is indeed the first medal ever won by Guatemala in an Olympic event since its first participation in the Games.
Canada’s Danielle Marcotte finished in fourth place, just 6 tenths of a point far from the podium with a total score of 470.9 (374+96.9) points. The 17 year old shooter was ranked third as she fired a great 10.8 on her seventh competition shot, but then dropped down in the scoreboard with a frustrating 8.6 “After shooting that 10.8 I felt extremely nervous. The crowd, the people… I was shaking a little bit!” she confessed after the match.
She was followed by Russia’s Ekaterina Barsukova, 18, who had started in third place with 376 points and eventually landed in fifth with 468.5 points. India’s Ruchi Singh, Italy’s Chiara Marini (17) and Switzerland’s Eliane Dohner (18), the last three finalists, closed the match in sixth, seventh and eighth place, respectively.0 -
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From Archerfish:10m Air Pistol Men – Denys’s greatest day ended up with a handshake
August 24th, 2010
A medal to wear, a present for his beloved one, and an energizing handshake with his idol Sergey Bubka, these were the ingredients of Denys Kushnirov’s greatest day.
Winning a Youth Olympic Gold it’s an outstanding achievement by itself. But if at the same time you also meet your idol, and find the right birthday present for your girlfriend, well, there are good chances that the day it’s going to turn into the best of your life.
This is what Denys Kushnirov probably though after winning today’s 10m Air Pistol Men event at the Youth Olympic Games of Singapore, while dedicating the title to his beloved one.
“This is for Anastasia. My girlfriend!” the 17-year old from Dnipropetrovsk said kissing the Gold medal. “Yesterday it was her birthday. I could not get a better present for her than this victory!”
Kushnirov always wears a silver ring on his right hand which Anastasia gave him, and the right-handed marksman never parts with it, switching it to his left hand when he holds his air pistol.
He had to fight to get on the highest step of the podium, today. Qualified with 578 points, he walked into the final round in the lead, but had to defend his first place from Brazil’s Felipe Almeida Wu, following him a few tens of a point behind.
Totalizing 98.3 points throughout the ten-shot final round, Kushnirov eventually secured the Youth Olympic Champion title with a total score of 676.3 points, leaving his opponents just 0.3 points behind him.
“It has been difficult, but I knew I could make it!” said Kushnirov, who had already proved his skills a few months ago, by winning the European Championship in Meraker “My next aim? The London Olympic Games! I want to go there and win!”
As Ukraine’s National anthem was fading out, the best surprise walked into the hall: Sergey Bubka, Ukraine’s most successful sportsman, a pole vault legend chosen as Athlete Role Model by the IOC, came to shake Kushnirov hand.
“Sergey Bubka is my idol! I am so happy and honoured that he came to see me after the final!” Kushnirov said, at the end of the best day of his life.
“This is why the Youth Olympic Games are great. We have the chance to meet the champions of tomorrow!” Sergey Bubka said right after the final “It has been a tight and impressive match. I had to congratulate with the winner!”
The Silver medal went to Felipe Almeida Wu of Brazil, who closed in second place with a total score of 676.0 (576+100.0) points. Following him, the Korean ace Choi Daehan landed in third place grabbing the Bronze medal with 671.6 (571+100.6) points.
Today’s turned out to be an unlucky final for Czech Republic’s Jindrich Dubovy, who dropped from the third place down to the sixth, after firing a frustrating last shot of 8.6 points, leaving the fourth and the fifth places to Belarus’ Aliaksei Horbach and to Germany’s Philipp Kaefer, respectively.0 -
From Archerfish:10m Air Rifle Women – Go for it Korea!
August 26th, 2010
Go Dowon won Korea’s second Youth Olympics Gold medal in shooting events, securing the highest step of the podium at the last shot.
Korea’s Go Dowon snatched the last Shooting Sport gold medal on the lines of the Singapore Sport School at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games as she won the 10m Air Rifle Women Junior event today.
Go, who had made it into the final round in second place with a qualification score of 397 points, jumped atop of the standings after scoring 10.4 with her second shot, also taking advantage of mistake of the qualification’s leader, who fired a frustrating 8.1 on her first competition shot.
Go’s brilliant last two shots, a 10.6 and a 10.7, clinched victory with a total score of 500.1 (397+103.1) points.
“It’s great to be on this podium! I will try my best to succeed in other international competitions, as my dream is to participate in the Olympic Games!” the young Korean shooter said after the award ceremony.
“I wasn’t expecting this result, — continued Korean athlete, speaking about today’s final, — I was very nervous from the beginning and it didn’t ease off, so it was quite difficult because I was constantly nervous.”
Gabriela Vognarova of the Czech Republic took the silver medal with a total of 498.6 points. The Czech was tied with Go after both recorded a score of 9.9 with their first shots of the final, and she wrapped up a great performance with a 10.8 on her 10th and final shot, ending up on the second step of the podium with a total score of 498.6 (397+101.6) points.
“Between the qualification round and the final I was singing songs,” she said. “I do it a lot, because it helps me calm down. I sing whatever comes into my head. Today, I was singing disco!”
Jasmin Mischler of Switzerland claimed bronze with an overall of 498.1 (395+103.1) points after a tense battle for third against Germany’s Yvonne Schlotterbeck, the qualification’s leader. The 18-year old Swiss shooter came through in her last four shots to secure her position on the podium with three tenths of advantage on her opponents. “I didn’t even expect to win a bronze medal but my strategy was to just fight to the end,” the 18-year-old said.
Today’s turned out to be an unlucky final for Germany’s Yvonne Schlotterbeck. The 17-year old shooter, usually competing in small bore international competition, gave her best during the qualification rounds.
Shooting in the lead since the first series, the German athlete nailed a 39 tens, missing then the world record of 400 out of 400 points by one point, as she fired a 9 on her last qualification shot.
Entering the final round in the lead with 399 points, Schlotterbeck wasted her two-point head start on her very first final shot, by firing a frustrating 8.1 which eventually relegated her in fourth place with a total score of 497.8 (399+98.8) points.
“My first five shots were bad but my next five were better. I’m a bit sad to come fourth, because I was in first place,” the young German shooter said.
Her coach, Claudia Kulla (GER), said her young charge had shown what she was capable of in the qualification.
“I think what happened in the final was simply due to lack of experience. She has never been in such a big final,” Kulla said. “In the qualification, she was the queen of hearts and showed she was a master of discipline and patience.”
“But no worries” the coach said. Experience will come with the years, and it’s now time for Yvonne to compete for a spot in the Olympic Games.0 -
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