Published on 29 Apr 2018

ISSF World Cup Stage 2 in Changwon: medals and records

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Marco Vettoretti

After the series opened in Guadalajara (MEX), the second stage of the 2018 ISSF World Cup Series went down in Changwon (KOR), where the season will fold next September with the 52nd ISSF World Championship in all events.

The third ISSF competition of the season closed today at the Changwon International Shooting Range in Changwon (KOR) from April 20th to April 30th, following the ISSF World Cup Stage 1 and the ISSF Junior World Cup 1, which respectively took place in Guadalajara (MEX) and Sydney (AUS).

 

A total of 876 athletes participated in the competition, representing 70 National Olympic Committees and piling up 1400 starts.

Final medal standings

Rank Nation Individual Team Total
Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 CHNnation flag 2 2 1 2 4 2 1 7
2 RUSnation flag 3 1 1 3 2 5
3 USAnation flag 2 1 2 1 3
4 ITAnation flag 1 2 1 2 3
5 AUSnation flag 1 1 1 1 2
6 KORnation flag 1 1 1 1 2
7 BLRnation flag 1 1 1
7 FINnation flag 1 1 1
7 SVKnation flag 1 1 1
10 GERnation flag 1 1 1 2 1 3
11 ESPnation flag 1 1 1 1 2
12 AUTnation flag 1 1 1
12 CZEnation flag 1 1 1
12 GBRnation flag 1 1 1
12 INDnation flag 1 1 1
12 TPEnation flag 1 1 1
17 HUNnation flag 2 2 2
17 SRBnation flag 1 1 2 2
19 BULnation flag 1 1 1
19 KUWnation flag 1 1 1
19 NORnation flag 1 1 1
19 SLOnation flag 1 1 1
19 SMRnation flag 1 1 1
19 TURnation flag 1 1 1
12 12 12 3 3 3 15 15 15 45

At the top of the final medal standings placed the People’s Republic of China, who closed the championship with a total of seven medals: four golds, two silvers and one bronze.

 

The Russian Federation followed in 2nd place with three gold and two silver medals, while the United States of America closed in 3rd position and won two golds and one bronze in the final two days of competition.

 

A total of 24 countries made their way to the podium during the competition.

Medalists by event - Individual

Event Date Medal Name Nation
10m Air Rifle Men 22 APR 2018 Gold DRYAGIN Alexander RUSnation flag
Silver MASLENNIKOV Vladimir RUSnation flag
Bronze PENI Istvan HUNnation flag
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men 26 APR 2018 Gold KAMENSKIY Sergey RUSnation flag
Silver DE NICOLO Marco ITAnation flag
Bronze PENI Istvan HUNnation flag
10m Air Pistol Men 24 APR 2018 Gold CHERNOUSOV Artem RUSnation flag
Silver RIZVI Shahzar INDnation flag
Bronze DONKOV Samuil BULnation flag
25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men 25 APR 2018 Gold KIM Junhong KORnation flag
Silver REITZ Christian GERnation flag
Bronze GEIS Oliver GERnation flag
Trap Men 24 APR 2018 Gold DE FILIPPIS Mauro ITAnation flag
Silver LIPTAK Jiri CZEnation flag
Bronze ILNAM Yavuz TURnation flag
Skeet Men 29 APR 2018 Gold HANCOCK Vincent USAnation flag
Silver ROSSETTI Gabriele ITAnation flag
Bronze ARAMBURU Juan Jose ESPnation flag
10m Air Rifle Women 22 APR 2018 Gold ZHAO Ruozhu CHNnation flag
Silver LIN Ying-Shin TPEnation flag
Bronze STENE Jenny NORnation flag
50m Rifle 3 Positions Women 27 APR 2018 Gold WANG Zeru CHNnation flag
Silver PEER Franziska AUTnation flag
Bronze DVORSAK Ziva SLOnation flag
10m Air Pistol Women 25 APR 2018 Gold CHAIKA Viktoria BLRnation flag
Silver JI Xiaojing CHNnation flag
Bronze ARUNOVIC Zorana SRBnation flag
25m Pistol Women 23 APR 2018 Gold GALIABOVITCH Elena AUSnation flag
Silver LIN Yuemei CHNnation flag
Bronze YAO Yushi CHNnation flag
Trap Women 23 APR 2018 Gold MAKELA-NUMMELA Satu FINnation flag
Silver GALVEZ Fatima ESPnation flag
Bronze PERILLI Alessandra SMRnation flag
Skeet Women 28 APR 2018 Gold RHODE Kimberly USAnation flag
Silver HILL Amber GBRnation flag
Bronze ENGLISH Amber USAnation flag

Medalists by event - Team

Event Date Medal Name Nation
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team 23 APR 2018 Gold People's Republic of China 2 CHNnation flag
Silver Russian Federation 2 RUSnation flag
Bronze Republic of Korea 2 KORnation flag
10m Air Pistol Mixed Team 26 APR 2018 Gold People's Republic of China 1 CHNnation flag
Silver Germany 1 GERnation flag
Bronze Serbia 1 SRBnation flag
Trap Mixed Team 25 APR 2018 Gold Slovakia 1 SVKnation flag
Silver Australia AUSnation flag
Bronze Kuwait 1 KUWnation flag

Five new World Records were set in Changwon:

 

  • Kimberly Rhode of the United States of America hit 58 targets in the Skeet Women event
  • Ji Xiaojing and Wu Jiayu of the People’s Republic of China scored 487.7 points in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event
  • Kim Junhong of the Republic of Korea scored 38 hits in the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men event
  • Alexander Dryagin of the Russian Federation scored 251.2 points in the 10m Air Rifle Men event
  • Zhao Ruozhu of the People’s Republic of China scored 252.4 points in the 10m Air Rifle Women event

 

In the last event contested, then, United States’ Vincent Hancock scored 59 hits, equaling the current Skeet Men World Record.

 

Six new Qualification World Records were also set during the competition:

 

  • Snjezana Pejcic of Croatia scored 1180 points in the elimination phase of the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women event
  • Manu Bhaker and Om Prakash Mitharval of India scored 778 points in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event
  • Sarah Alhawal and Khaled Almudhaf of Kuwait hit 145 targets in the Trap Mixed Team event
  • Alessandra Perilli of San Marino hit 122 targets in the Trap Women event
  • Vladimir Maslennikov and Daria Vdovina of the Russian Federation scored 838.7 points in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event
  • Wu Mingyang of the People’s Republic of China scored 629.6 points in the 10m Air Rifle Women event

 

Among junior shooters, Zhao Ruozhu also set a new Junior World Record in the women’s 10m Air Rifle event with her 252.4 points, while Wang Zeru signed a new Junior Qualification World Record in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women event with 1172 points.

 

The 2018 ISSF World Cup Series will continue next month in Fort Benning (USA) and Munich (GER), where the third and fourth stage are expected to take place: first from the 7th to the 15th of May, then from the 22nd to the 29th.

 

Later this year — from August 31st to September 15th — the Changwon International Shooting Range will host the final competition of the 2018 season: the 52nd ISSF World Championship in all events.

 

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

 

Live results of the competition, 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.