China closed the first ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup in the lead. Germany finished in second, thanks to a Gold won on the very last competition day
The People’s Republic of China finished atop of the medal standings of the 2013 ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup in Changwon, Korea, the first ISSF World Cup Stage in the 10 rifle and pistol Olympic events of the year.
Chinese shooter won indeed the most of the medals: a total of eighth awards, including four Gold and four Silver medals.
Germany followed in second place, not so far from the top, with 3 Gold and 1 Silver. And it was Henri Junghaenel the protagonist of this success: the 25-year old shooters, who lives and trains in the US at the Kentucky University, secured two Gold medals in a row at the 50m Rifle Prone and at the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men event, here in Changwon.
Serbia secured a spot on the virtual “medal standings” podium thanks to his girls. Except for today’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men Bronze medal won by Nemanja Mirosavljev, all the medals of Serbia were won by women shooter. Zorana Arunovic finished on the 10m Air Pistol Women podium pocketing a Silver, while the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women event was dominated by Andrea Arsovic (Gold) and by Ivana Maksimovic (Bronze). 2012 Olympic Silver medallist Maksimovic had also secured Bronze at the 10m Air Rifle Women event, two days before.
Today’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men event closed this first ISSF Rifle and Pistol first World Cup of the year.
The ISSF Wolrd Cup Series will continue next week in Al Ain (UAE), where the next ISSF SHOTGUN Wolrd Cup Stage will take place.
The next RIFLE and PISTOL World Cup Stage is scheduled to take place in Fort Benning, Georgia, USA, starting from May 4.
The medal standings:
Rank
|
NAT – Nation
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Gold
|
Silver
|
Bronze
|
Total
|
1
|
CHN – People’s Republic of China
|
4
|
4
|
|
8
|
2
|
GER – Germany
|
3
|
1
|
|
4
|
3
|
SRB – Serbia
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
5
|
4
|
IND – India
|
1
|
|
1
|
2
|
5
|
VIE – Vietnam
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
6
|
KOR – Republic of Korea
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
7
|
RUS – Russian Federation
|
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
8
|
ISR – Israel
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
8
|
USA – United States of America
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
10
|
BEL – Belgium
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
10
|
HUN – Hungary
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
10
|
JPN – Japan
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
Total
|
10
|
10
|
10
|
30
|
The medallists:
Event
|
Medal
|
Name
|
Nat
|
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men
|
GOLD
|
JUNGHAENEL Henri
|
GER
|
SILVER
|
VLASOV Fedor
|
RUS
|
BRONZE
|
MIROSAVLJEV Nemanja
|
SRB
|
50m Rifle Prone Men
|
GOLD
|
JUNGHAENEL Henri
|
GER
|
SILVER
|
MCPHAIL Michael
|
USA
|
BRONZE
|
COX Lionel
|
BEL
|
10m Air Rifle Men
|
GOLD
|
WANG Tao
|
CHN
|
SILVER
|
RICHTER Sergey
|
ISR
|
BRONZE
|
SIDI Peter
|
HUN
|
50m Pistol Men
|
GOLD
|
WANG Zhiwei
|
CHN
|
SILVER
|
MAI Jiajie
|
CHN
|
BRONZE
|
MATSUDA Tomoyuki
|
JPN
|
25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men
|
GOLD
|
REITZ Christian
|
GER
|
SILVER
|
LIYuehong
|
CHN
|
BRONZE
|
EKIMOV Leonid
|
RUS
|
10m Air Pistol Men
|
GOLD
|
HOANG Xuan Vinh
|
VIE
|
SILVER
|
WANG Zhiwei
|
CHN
|
BRONZE
|
NANJAPPA Prakash
|
IND
|
50m Rifle 3 Positions Women
|
GOLD
|
ARSOVIC Andrea
|
SRB
|
SILVER
|
LI Peijing
|
CHN
|
BRONZE
|
MAKSIMOVIC Ivana
|
SRB
|
10m Air Rifle Women
|
GOLD
|
WU Liuxi
|
CHN
|
SILVER
|
RACHLSilvia
|
GER
|
BRONZE
|
MAKSIMOVIC Ivana
|
SRB
|
25m Pistol Women
|
GOLD
|
SARNOBAT Rahi
|
IND
|
SILVER
|
KIM Kyeongae
|
KOR
|
BRONZE
|
KIM Jangmi
|
KOR
|
10m Air Pistol Women
|
GOLD
|
REN Jie
|
CHN
|
SILVER
|
ARUNOVIC Zorana
|
SRB
|
BRONZE
|
KIM Jangmi
|
KOR
|