The two Air Rifle individual events will be contested today at the Changwon International Shooting Range in Changwon (KOR).
10m Air Rifle Men
How does it work? The 10m Air Rifle Men event is conducted in the standing position, using an air rifle loaded with 0.177 caliber or 4.5mm pellets. The target is placed at a distance of 10 meters and athletes reload after each shot: rifles are single-loaded. The qualification round consist of 60 shots.
The elimination-style final consists of a maximum of 24 shots. Qualification scores are not carried forward: the final starts from zero and the individual scores are added together to build up the final result.
Following the athletes presentation, the final begins with two series of 5 shots, each series must be fired within 250 seconds. After the first two series, a total of 14 single shots are fired, each shot must be fired within 50 seconds and the lowest-ranking athlete after every 2 shots. The final ends up with only two athletes left on the line, and the last two shots decide the gold and silver medalists. Ties are broken by shoot-offs.
Keep an eye on: The first World Cup gold of the season in this event was taken by Hungary’s Istvan Peni in Guadalajara (MEX). Peni, who added two bronzes later in the season, was followed by Alexander Dryagin of the Russian Federation and Julian Justus of Germany, who respectively won in Changwon and Fort Benning (USA). The fourth and last gold medal of the World Cup Series was claimed in Munich (GER) by Belarus’ Ilia Charheika.
The title holder: People’s Republic of China’s Yang Haoran will be in Changwon, where he’ll battle to double the title he claimed at the 2014 ISSF World Championship in Granada (ESP).
The Olympic Champion: Italy’s Niccolò Campriani claimed his second Olympic gold medal at Rio 2016, where he ruled the 10m Air Rifle Men event.
The final match: The final will take place today at 12:15 pm (UTC+9:00).
10m Air Rifle Women
How does it work? The 10m Air Rifle Women event is conducted in the standing position, using an air rifle loaded with 0.177 caliber or 4.5mm pellets. The target is placed at a distance of 10 meters and athletes reload after each shot: rifles are single-loaded. The qualification round consist of 60 shots.
The elimination-style final consists of a maximum of 24 shots. Qualification scores are not carried forward: the final starts from zero and the individual scores are added together to build up the final result.
Following the athletes presentation, the final begins with two series of 5 shots, each series must be fired within 250 seconds. After the first two series, a total of 14 single shots are fired, each shot must be fired within 50 seconds and the lowest-ranking athlete after every 2 shots. The final ends up with only two athletes left on the line, and the last two shots decide the gold and silver medalists. Ties are broken by shoot-offs.
Keep an eye on: People’s Republic of China’s Zhao Ruozhu and Wu Mingyang pocketed two of the four World Cup gold medals up for grabs in the 10m Air Rifle Women event. Zhao won in Changwon, while Wu climbed atop the podium in Fort Benning. Romania’s Laura-Georgeta Coman also took gold in this event, ruling the final in Guadalajara, while Lin Ying-Shin of Chinese Taipei placed 1st in Munich.
The title holder: Italian shooter Petra Zublasing scored 207.1 points and took gold at the 51st edition of the ISSF World Championship in Granada.
The Olympic Champion: Virginia Thrasher of the United States became the Olympic Champion on August 6th, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro (BRA), securing the first gold medal of the 2016 Olympic Games.
The final match: The final will take place today at 2:15 pm (UTC+9:00).
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