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ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Almaty closed today: medals and records

ISSF World Cup Shotgun · Almaty, KAZ

Italy finished atop of the medal standings, followed by Slovakia and the USA. Sweden’s Marcus Svensson equalled the current Skeet Men world record.

Today’s Trap Men Gold medal match won by Spain’s Alberto Fernandez closed the 2014 ISSF World Cup in Shotgun events held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, from the 16th through the 25th of May.

 

More than 300 athletes coming from over 45 countries competed in the five Olympic events of Shotgun shooting there during the third leg of this year’s ISSF World Cup Series, which kicked off last March in Fort Benning (USA) and then continued in Tucson (USA), in April.

 

Italy finished atop of the medal standings of Almaty’s world cup stage with a total of three medals, including two Gold (won by Filippelli at the Skeet Men medal matcH and by Di Spigno at the Double Trap match), and one Silver medal (Chiara Cainero, Skeet Women).


Slovakia and USA followed in second place, with one Gold and one Silver medal each.

 

Marcus Svensson (Sweden) equalled the current Skeet Men World Record of 124 hits, winning a Land Rover Discovery offered by the competition’s local sponsors.

 

The ISSF World Cup Series will now continue in Munich, Germany, where the next combined world cup stage in Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun events will take place at the 1972 Olympic Shooting Range from the 4 to the 13 of June.

 

Follow the next matches on www.issf-sports.org

 

 

 

 

Medal Standings - After 5 of 5 Events

Rank

NAT - Nation

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

1

ITA – Italy

2

1

 

3

2

SVK– Slovakia

1

1

 

2

2

USA – United States of America

1

1

 

2

4

ESP – Spain

1

 

1

2

5

RUS – Russian Federation

 

1

1

2

6

NOR – Norway

 

1

 

1

7

GER – Germany

 

 

1

1

7

KAZ – Kazakhstan

 

 

1

1

7

KUW – Kuwait

 

 

1

1

 

Total

5

5

5

15

 

 

Records broken / equalled

 

EQUALED WORLD RECORDS

Event

Phase

Old / New

Name

Nat

Skeet Men

Qual

124 / 124

SVENSSON Marcus

SWE

 

 

Medallists by event

Event

Date

Medal

Name

Nat

Trap Men

24 MAY 2014

GOLD

FERNANDEZ Alberto

ESP

SILVER

VARGA Erik

SVK

BRONZE

ALDEEHANI Fehaid

KUW

Double Trap Men

21 MAY 2014

GOLD

DI SPIGNO Daniele

ITA

SILVER

RICHMOND Joshua

USA

BRONZE

MOSIN Vasily

RUS

Skeet Men

19 MAY 2014

GOLD

FILIPPELLI Riccardo

ITA

SILVER

BROVOLD Tore

NOR

BRONZE

YECHSHENKO Alexandr

KAZ

Trap Women

23 MAY 2014

GOLD

STEFECEKOVA Zuzana

SVK

SILVER

BARSUK Tatiana

RUS

BRONZE

GALVEZ Fatima

ESP

Skeet Women

18 MAY 2014

GOLD

RHODE Kimberly

USA

SILVER

CAINERO Chiara

ITA

BRONZE

WENZEL Christine

GER

 

           

 

 

 

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