Twelve more quotas for the upcoming Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games were awarded at the European Championship 10m in Gyor (HUN). The competition took place at the Audi Arena from February 16th to February 26th.
Four separate events were conducted with the specific purpose of allocating the YOG slots: a total of 176 athletes competed in these four events, representing 36 NOCs.
Here’s the detailed list of the athletes and countries who secured the quotas:
10m Air Rifle Men
Maximilian Ulbrich of Germany
Plamen Emilov of Bulgaria
Hayk Babayan of Armenia
10m Air Pistol Men
Jason Solari of Switzerland
Dmytro Honta of Ukraine
Pavel Schejbal of the Czech Republic
10m Air Rifle Women
Anastasiia Dereviagina of the Russian Federation
Sofia Benetti of Italy
Wiktoria Zuzanna Bober of Poland
10m Air Pistol Women
Gloria Fernandez of Spain
Vanessa Seeger of Germany
Nino Khutsiberidze of Georgia
Germany is the only country who received two quota places; while Armenia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Georgia, Italy, Poland, Spain, Russian Federation, Switzerland and Ukraine all claimed one.
More slots for Buenos Aires 2018 will be delivered at the ISSF World Cup Stage 3, taking place in Fort Benning (USA) from the 7th to the 15th of May.
The Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games will take place in the Argentinian capital city from the 6th to the 18th of October.
Live scores, news and updates about the ISSF season will be available on issf-sports.org and on the Federation’s social media profiles: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube; plus Weibo and Youku for the Chinese audience.