First YOG Quota awarded at the Oceania Championship
Four young shooters won the first Shooting Quota Places to enter the 2010 Youth Olympic Games at the Oceania Shooting Championship in Sydney.
The first Quota Places to access the
newborn Youth Olympic Games have been awarded at the Oceania Shooting
Championship held in Sydney, Australia, from the 23rd of November to
the 2 of December.
The four young athletes won the Quota Places for their countries, granting a spot in
the first Youth Olympic Games edition that will take place in Singapore next
summer from 14 to 26 August 2010.
YOG Quota Place winners:
|
Event
|
Name
|
Nation
|
Championship
|
|
AR60
|
COOMBES, John
|
AUS
|
Oceania Championship
|
|
AP60
|
JANSKI, Janek
|
AUS
|
Oceania Championship
|
|
AR40
|
MACKENZIE, J. K. Louise
|
NZL
|
Oceania Championship
|
|
AP40
|
ESPOSITO, Emily
|
AUS
|
Oceania Championship
|
A total of 3200 young athletes aging
between 14 and 18 years will participate in 26 sports at the first Youth
Olympic Games edition in Singapore.
Eighty Quota Places are reserved for
Shooting Sport, in Men and Women’s Air Pistol and Air Rifle events.
The next YOG Quota Places will be awarded
at the 3rd Asian Championship in 10-meter events, that will be take
place in Doha (QAT) from 16 to 22 December 2009.
Marco Dalla Dea