Today’s Skeet Men final won by Nikolay Teplyy of the Russian Federation closed the 2016 ISSF Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan.
640 shooters coming from 80 countries competed there in 15 Olympic shooting events in the Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun disciplines, starting from June 20.
Croatia finished atop of the medals standings of the event, with two gold medals won in the women’s and men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions events, yesterday and today, as well as a bronze medal won in the 50m Rifle Prone event.
The People’s Republic of China followed in second place, with 1 Gold, 3 Silver and 2 Bronze, while the Republic of Korea collected the highest number of medals, 7, finishing in third place with 1 Gold and 6 Bronze.
One new junior final world record was marked by Shi Mengyao of the People’s Republic of China, who scored 208.3 points during the 10m Air Rifle Women event.
Baku’s was the last world cup stage of the Series, which started in Bangkok (THA) last March, and passed through Nicosia (CYP), Rio de Janeiro (BRA), Munich (GER) and San Marino (SMR). Some 1728 athletes coming from 115 nations participated in the competitions, trying to gain points to access the Finals.
The ISSF World Cup Finals, which will assign the titles at the end of the season, will take place in Italy next October.
The ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup Final will be held in Bologna, from the 4th through the 10th, while the Shotgun World Cup Final will be hosted in Rome, from the 10th through the 16th.
There, the athletes who qualified through the world cup stages, will meet the defending champions as well as the Rio 2016 Olympic medalists.
ISSF World Cup Final qualified athletes: http://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/wcfqualification/qualifications.ashx