The ISSF President, Olegario Vazquez Raña, welcomed the participants at the opening ceremony in Changwon. Five hundred athletes will compete there from tomorrow to the 15th of April.
More than 500 shooters coming from 58 countries arrived in Changwon, Korea, to participate in the third leg of this year’s ISSF World Cup Series.
Starting from tomorrow morning, the best athletes of the world will compete in the ten Olympic events of Rifle and Pistol shooting, on the lines of the well-known shooting range of Changwon, were 12 ISSF world cups have been conducted since 1987.
Twenty-four Olympic Quota Places are in the sights of the competitors, which will try to win a pass to the next 2012 Games here in Korea.
“I would like to thank our Korean friends for organizing this competition,” The ISSF President, Olegario Vazquez Raña, said at the opening ceremony which took place this evening. “This is going to be a great competition, an Olympic Qualifier with an impressive participation of athletes. I wish you all the best success!”
The athletes were also welcomed by the President of the Korean Shooting Federation, Jung Kim, and by the Major of Changwon, Park Wan-Su.
The first two medal matches, the 10m Air Rifle and the 50m Pistol Men finals will take place tomorrow, April the 9th, at 12.30 and 14.30 (GMT+9) respectively.
Check out the competition’s schedule at: http://www.issf-sports.org/calendar/championship_schedule.ashx?cshipid=1177 and don’t miss the match! All the footage of the competition – highlights, interview and full finals – will be available on the ISSF YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/issfchannel