An action-packed schedule will liven up the third competition day at the 52nd ISSF World Championship in Changwon (KOR).
10m Air Pistol Women
How does it work? The 10m Air Pistol Women event is conducted in standing position, using an air pistol loaded with 0.177 inches or 4.5mm caliber pellets. The target is placed at a distance of 10 meters and athletes reload after each shot: pistols are single-loaded. The qualification round consists 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 in 50 second and the lowest-ranking athlete is eliminated after every 2 shots. The final ends up with only two athletes left on the line, and the last two shots determine the gold and silver medalists. Ties are broken by shoot-offs shots.
Keep an eye on: India’s young talent Manu Bhaker was the first shooter to take gold in the 10m Air Pistol Women event during the 2018 ISSF season. She was followed by Viktoria Chaika of Belarus, Anna Korakaki of Greece and Olena Kostevych of Ukraine.
The title holder: Jung Jeehae of the Republic of Korea climbed atop the podium at the previous edition of the ISSF World Championship in all events, held in Granada (ESP) in 2014. She won’t be competing in Changwon.
The Olympic Champion: People’s Republic of China’s Zhang Mengxue secured the brightest medal at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. She won’t be competing in Changwon.
The final match: The final will take place today at 1:15 pm (UTC+9:00).
10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Junior
How does it work? The 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Junior event is conducted in standing position, using an air pistol loaded with 0.177 inches or 4.5mm caliber pellets. The target is placed at a distance of 10 meters and athletes reload after each shot: pistols are single-loaded. Each team is composed by two shooters: one male and one female. The score of the team is made by the sum of the two individual scores. The Qualifications consist of 80 total shots, 40 per team member.
The elimination-style final consists of a maximum of 48 shots per team. 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 three series of 5 shots, each series must be fired in 250 seconds. After the first two series, a total of 9 single shots per athlete are fired, each shot must be fired in 50 seconds and the lowest-ranking team is eliminated after every 4 team shots. The final ends up with only two couples left on the line, as they fire 3 shots per athlete to decide the gold and silver medalists. Ties are broken by shoot-offs shots.
Keep an eye on: India climbed atop the podium both in Sydney (AUS) and Suhl (GER): at the first Junior World Cup of the season it was Manu Bhaker and Anmol Anmol who took gold, while Devanshi Rana and Chaudhary Saurabh won in Germany.
The title holder: At last year’s ISSF Junior World Championship in Suhl, Anmol Anmol and Yashaswini Singh Deswal brought the Indian flag atop the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Junior podium.
The final match: The final will take place today at 2:45 pm (UTC+9:00).
Other events
The 50m Pistol Men event will also award its world title, while four other events will kick off with their elimination phase — 50m Rifle Prone Men and 50m Rifle Prone Women — and slow runs — 50m Running Target Men and 50m Running Target Men Junior.
Footage of the Olympic events will be distributed worldwide via EBU and broadcasted live on the ISSF website, on the Federation’s Livestream channel and on its official Facebook page.
Live results, 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.