issf-sports.org - news http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx Get the news from issf-sports.org en 1st Youth Olympic Games - Singapore, SIN - “Great atmosphere at the shooting range” IOC President Rogge Said The ISSF President Olegario Vazquez Raña welcomed the IOC President Jacques Rogge at the Youth Olympics’ shooting range. http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1379 http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1379 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:19:23 GMT 1st Youth Olympic Games - Singapore, SIN - Korea finished atop of the medal standings Korea’s young athletes finished atop of the Youth Olympic Games shooting medal standings, beating China and Ukraine. http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1378 http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1378 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:47:20 GMT 1st Youth Olympic Games - Singapore, SIN - Final 10m Air Rifle Women Junior - 10m Air Rifle Women – Go for it Korea! Go Dowon won Korea’s second Youth Olympics Gold medal in shooting events, securing the highest step of the podium at the last shot. http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1377 http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1377 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:00:00 GMT 1st Youth Olympic Games - Singapore, SIN - Final 10m Air Pistol Men Junior - 10m Air Pistol Men – Denys’s greatest day ended up with a handshake A medal to wear, a present for his beloved one, and an energizing handshake with his idol Sergey Bubka, these were the ingredients of Denys Kushnirov’s greatest day. http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1376 http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1376 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:21:25 GMT 1st Youth Olympic Games - Singapore, SIN - 10m Air Pistol Women Junior - Guatemala’s first Olympic medal ever – “Bad luck is over!” Guatemala’s team celebrated as loud and joyful as possible, at the Youth Olympic Shooting Range, as Geraldine Kate Solorzano Manson, 16, won the 10m Air Pistol Women Bronze medal, Guatemala’s first Olympic medal ever. http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1375 http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1375 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:34:31 GMT 1st Youth Olympic Games - Singapore, SIN - 10m Air Pistol Women Junior - 10m Air Pistol Women – “An injection of motivation” Korea’s Kim won the 10m Air Pistol Women final with an outstanding advantage of 7.7 points on her followers. Fang won the second shooting medal for China, while Solorzano secured Guatemala’s first Olympic medal. http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1374 http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1374 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:49:25 GMT 1st Youth Olympic Games - Singapore, SIN - 10m Air Pistol Women preview – Asian shooters in the lead Two protagonists of the 2009 Asian Championship are enlisted between the favourites to climb upon tomorrow’s 10m Air Pistol Women podium. Young athletes comoing from the other four continents are ready to steal the show. http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1373 http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1373 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:54:02 GMT 1st Youth Olympic Games - Singapore, SIN - Final 10m Air Rifle Men Junior - 10m Air Rifle Men – China’s Gao claimed the Gold for his family In spite of a disappointing first shot, the 17-year old talent climbed back in the lead to win the first YOG shooting medal, and to dedicate it to his parents. http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1372 http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1372 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 08:38:20 GMT 1st Youth Olympic Games - Singapore, SIN - 10m Air Rifle Men Preview – Ready for the first shot! Less then 24 hours to go to the first rifle shot of the first Youth Olympic Games. Nervous, nail-bitten fingers have been triggering all day, training on the new shooting lines of the Singapore Sports School, where the first shooting competition will take place tomorrow morning at 9 AM. http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1371 http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1371 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 11:07:31 GMT 1st Youth Olympic Games - Singapore, SIN - 2010 Youth Olympic Games Kicked-off in Singapore! 3500 athletes, 80 young shooters among them, pursuing their Olympic dream at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games edition in Singapore. http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1369 http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1369 Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:00:00 GMT Shotgun World Cup Final relocated to Izmir (TUR) The 2010 ISSF World Cup Final in Shotgun events will take place in Izmir (TUR) from the 16th through the 23rd of September. http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1367 http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1367 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:00:00 GMT Athletes’ Committee elected in Munich Four shooters elected by the participants of the 50th ISSF World Championship. http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1366 http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1366 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:02:06 GMT 50th ISSF World Championship All Events - Munich, GER - Departure of Delegations - The Medal Standings of the 50th ISSF World Championship 35 Nations finished on the podium of the 50th ISSF World Championship in all shooting events. The People's Republic of China finished atop of the medal standings, securing 21 Gold, 20 Silver and 11 Bronze medals, while Russia followed in second with 21 Gold, 13 Silver and 12 Bronze medals, for a total of 46 awards. http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1361 http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1361 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:40:55 GMT 69 Olympic Quota Places distributed to 26 countries China and Russia led the Quota's standings. Sixty-nine Olympic Quota Place, the entrance tickets to the 2012 Olympic Games, have been distributed by the ISSF to 26 different countries, during the 50th ISSF World Championship in all events, the first Olympic qualifier for London 2012. http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1360 http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1360 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:43:58 GMT 50th ISSF World Championship All Events - Munich, GER - Final Skeet Men - Skeet Men – Shomin grabbed the Title at the 22nd shoot-off clay Italy’s Ennio Falco won his fourth Silver medal after a perfect match. Achilleos shot-off his teammate Androu to win the Bronze, while the current Olympic Champion Hancock secured an Olympic pass at the last, breathtaking shot. http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1359 http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1359 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:28:24 GMT 50th ISSF World Championship All Events - Munich, GER - Departure of Delegations - All the records of the 50th ISSF World Championship Twenty-seven World Record were set or tied, during the 50th ISSF World Championship in all shooting events that took place at the 1972 Olympic Shooting Range of Munich from the 29th of July to the 10th of August. http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1357 http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1357 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:00:00 GMT 50th ISSF World Championship All Events - Munich, GER - 300m Rifle 3 Positions Women - 300m Rifle 3 Positions W – Polish trio scored new World Record The Polish women team scored a new 300m Rifle Three Positions women world record, outdoing the United States of America and Germany. Ollsen, from Norway, won the individual competition. http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1358 http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1358 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:32:20 GMT 50th ISSF World Championship All Events - Munich, GER - Skeet Men Junior Day 2 - USA’s McGrath crowned the new Skeet Junior World Champ The US shooter finished in the lead by only dropping two targets throughout his entire match http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1365 http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1365 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:00:00 GMT 50th ISSF World Championship All Events - Munich, GER - 50m Running Target Men Fast Run - Russian shooters both excel and fall in the 50m Running Target Men's Competition Qualifying Shoot-Off Determines Second, Third, and Fourth Place in the open event. Two out of three junior medalist came from Russia. http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1364 http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1364 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:00:00 GMT 50th ISSF World Championship All Events - Munich, GER - Final 25m Pistol Women - 25m Pistol Women – Russia’s Klimova grabbed Gold by 0.1 The 27-year old Russian shooter also secured an Olympic pass, winning the match at the shoot-off against Serbia’s Zorana Arunovic, the 10m Air Pistol World Champion. http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1352 http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1352 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:36:55 GMT