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ISSF World Cup in Guadalajara: medals and records

ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol / Shotgun · Guadalajara, MEX

The ISSF Season kicked off at CODE Paradero and Club Cinegetico Jalisicense, the two venues that hosted the first stage of the 2018 ISSF World Cup Series.

The 2018 shooting sport season opened in great style in Guadalajara (MEX), where the first stage of the ISSF World Cup Series closed today, after having delivered 15 gold medals in the Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun disciplines.

 

A total of 404 athletes participated in the competition, representing 50 countries and piling up 594 starts.

Final medal standings

Rank Nation Individual Team Total
Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 INDnation flag 3 1 3 1 1 4 1 4 9
2 USAnation flag 3 1 1 1 3 1 2 6
3 CHNnation flag 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 5
4 FRAnation flag 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 5
5 ROUnation flag 1 1 1 1 2
6 FINnation flag 1 1 1 1 2
6 HUNnation flag 1 1 1 1 2
8 GREnation flag 1 1 1
8 LUXnation flag 1 1 1
10 GERnation flag 2 1 1 3 1 4
11 AUSnation flag 2 2 2
11 AUTnation flag 2 2 2
13 ITAnation flag 1 1 1 1 2
14 MEXnation flag 1 1 1
15 GBRnation flag 1 1 1
12 12 12 3 3 3 15 15 15 45

At the end of the ISSF World Cup Stage 1, India claimed the top position in the final medal standings with nine total medals: four golds, one silver and four bronzes. The Indian team was followed by the United States of America, who secured three golds, one silver and two bronzes all in Shotgun events.

 

The People’s Republic of China pocketed five total medals each, with the Chinese team claiming two golds, two silvers and one bronze, and the French one winning one gold, one silver and three bronzes.

Medalists by event - Individual

Event Date Medal Name Nation
10m Air Rifle Men 4 MAR 2018 Gold PENI Istvan HUNnation flag
Silver SCHMIRL Alexander AUTnation flag
Bronze KUMAR Ravi INDnation flag
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men 10 MAR 2018 Gold SHEORAN Akhil INDnation flag
Silver PICKL Bernhard AUTnation flag
Bronze PENI Istvan HUNnation flag
10m Air Pistol Men 3 MAR 2018 Gold RIZVI Shahzar INDnation flag
Silver REITZ Christian GERnation flag
Bronze RAI Jitu INDnation flag
25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men 8 MAR 2018 Gold BESSAGUET Clement FRAnation flag
Silver QUIQUAMPOIX Jean FRAnation flag
Bronze REITZ Christian GERnation flag
Trap Men 6 MAR 2018 Gold SOSA Lyndon LUXnation flag
Silver BUCCOLIERI Emanuele ITAnation flag
Bronze TORNROOS Vesa FINnation flag
Skeet Men 11 MAR 2018 Gold HANCOCK Vincent USAnation flag
Silver ADAMS Paul AUSnation flag
Bronze CASSANDRO Tammaro ITAnation flag
10m Air Rifle Women 3 MAR 2018 Gold COMAN Laura-Georgeta ROUnation flag
Silver XU Hong CHNnation flag
Bronze GHOSH Mehuli INDnation flag
50m Rifle 3 Positions Women 8 MAR 2018 Gold PEI Ruijiao CHNnation flag
Silver MOUDGIL Anjum INDnation flag
Bronze SUN Ting CHNnation flag
10m Air Pistol Women 4 MAR 2018 Gold BHAKER Manu INDnation flag
Silver ZAVALA VAZQUEZ Alejandra MEXnation flag
Bronze GOBERVILLE Celine FRAnation flag
25m Pistol Women 10 MAR 2018 Gold KORAKAKI Anna GREnation flag
Silver VENNEKAMP Doreen GERnation flag
Bronze LAMOLLE Mathilde FRAnation flag
Trap Women 5 MAR 2018 Gold CARROLL Ashley USAnation flag
Silver SKINNER Catherine AUSnation flag
Bronze SKINNER Aeriel Alease USAnation flag
Skeet Women 10 MAR 2018 Gold RHODE Kimberly USAnation flag
Silver CONNOR Caitlin USAnation flag
Bronze HILL Amber GBRnation flag

Medalists by event - Team

Event Date Medal Name Nation
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team 5 MAR 2018 Gold People's Republic of China 2 CHNnation flag
Silver Romania ROUnation flag
Bronze India 2 INDnation flag
10m Air Pistol Mixed Team 5 MAR 2018 Gold India 1 INDnation flag
Silver Germany 1 GERnation flag
Bronze France FRAnation flag
Trap Mixed Team 7 MAR 2018 Gold Finland 2 FINnation flag
Silver People's Republic of China 2 CHNnation flag
Bronze United States of America 2 USAnation flag

Four new World Records were set during the competition:

 

  • Satu Makela-Nummela and Vesa Tornroos of Finland scored 44 hits in the Trap Mixed Team event
  • Ashley Carroll of the United States scored 48 hits in the Trap Women event
  • Chen Keduo and Xu Hong of the People’s Republic of China scored 502.0 points in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event
  • Shahzar Rizvi of India scored 242.3 points in the 10m Air Pistol Men event

 

Also, in the Skeet Women final, United States’ Kimberly Rhode equaled her own World Record by hitting 56 targets, while Australia’s Paul Adams and United States’ Vincent Hancock equaled the 59-hit record in the Skeet Men event.

 

Seven new Qualification World Record were set at the ISSF World Cup Stage 1:

 

  • Kimberly Rhode of the United States scored 122 hits in the Skeet Women event
  • Pei Ruijiao of the People’s Republic of China scored 1178 points in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women event
  • Satu Makela-Nummela and Vesa Tornroos of Finland, along with He Weidong and Zhang Xinqiu of the People’s Republic of China, scored 143 hits in the Trap Mixed Team event
  • Aeriel Alease Skinner of the United States scored 119 hits in the Trap Women event
  • Christian Reitz and Sandra Reitz of Germany scored 777 points in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event
  • Sun Ting of the People’s Republic of China scored 629.5 points in the 10m Air Rifle Women event

 

Finally, five Qualification World Record Junior were also signed by shooter aged 20 or below:

 

  • Aislin Jones of Australia scored 106 hits in the Skeet Women event
  • Erendira Aylin Barba Guillen of Mexico scored 1143 points in the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women event
  • Maria Lucia Palmitessa of Italy scored 118 hits in the Trap Women event
  • Manu Bhaker of India scored 572 points in the 10m Air Pistol Women event
  • Mehuli Ghosh of India scored 629.1 in the 10m Air Rifle Women event

 

The 2018 ISSF World Cup Series will reprise next month in Changwon (KOR), while the next ISSF competition is the Junior World Cup that will take place in Sydney (AUS) from March 19th to March 29th.

 

The competition will be streamed live on the ISSF website, on the Federation’s Livestream channel, on its official Facebook page and on the Olympic Channel.

 

Live results, news and updates will be available on www.issf-sports.org and on all ISSF social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Weibo and Youku.


Marco Vettoretti

 

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