The second edition of the ISSF Running Target World Championship starts today with the first competitions. Title defenders and new, young shooters met in Heinola, Finalnd, fighting for a spot on the podium.
The second edition of the ISSF Running
Target World Championship kicked-off in Heinola, Finland.
Athletes coming from thirteen nations, for
a total of about 190 starts, will participate in the Championship taking place
from the 22nd through the 30th of August, competing on
the lines of the recently constructed Verumaki shooting Arena, the trainning centre of the Finnish Olympic Committee runned by the Sport Institute of Finland. The shooters will
participate in twelve events, with separate events dedicated to Junior
shooters.
The Title Defenders
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Events
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2008 World Champions – Title Defenders
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NOC
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10m Running Target
Men
|
ANDERSSON Emil
|
SWE
|
|
10m Running
Target Men Junior
|
BOROS Laszlo
|
HUN
|
|
10m Running Target
Women
|
AVRAMENKO Galina
|
UKR
|
|
10m Running Target
Women Junior
|
KECZELI Bianka
|
HUN
|
|
10m Running Target
Mixed Men
|
CZAPLA Lukasz
|
POL
|
|
10m Running Target
Mixed Men Junior
|
AZARENKO Mikhail
|
RUS
|
|
10m Running Target
Mixed Women
|
AVRAMENKO Galina
|
UKR
|
|
10m Running Target Mixed Women Junior
|
KECZELI Bianka
|
HUN
|
|
50m Running Target Men
|
HOLMBERG Krister
|
FIN
|
|
50m Running Target Men Junior
|
AZARENKO Mikhail
|
RUS
|
|
50m Running Target Mixed Men
|
BLINOV Alexander
|
RUS
|
|
50m Running Target Mixed Men
Junior
|
NIKL Josef
|
CZE
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First competitions – check the
results!
The 2009 ISSF Running Target World Championship starts today with the first competitions, the 10m Running Target Mixed Events. Updated results of the competition are available on the SIUS ASCOR website. To check the results, click here.