China in first with 10 medals, the USA followed with 6 medals. Russia came in third, while Italy grabbed a surprising fourth place.
The ISSF World Cup in Rifle and Pistol events was closed today by the 50m Pistol Men final. The Chinese shooting team finished atop of the overall medal standings of the competition for the third consecutive time, this year, nailing an outstanding number of medals. With 3 Gold, 3 Silver and 4 Bronzes, the Chinese shooter won a total number of 10 medals, one third of the awards.
Winning 2 Golds, both in Rifle events, the host team, the USA, missed the first spot and placed in second, with a total number of 6 medals. Following them, Russia ended up in third place with 1 Gold and 5 medals in total. The surprise of this World Cup Stage was the outcome of the Italian team, fourth with 3 medals, two of those won in Rifle events by the 22-year old European Champion Niccolò Campriani, studying and training here in the USA.
“It has been a successful competition – said the ISSF Technical Delegate for this World Cup Stage, Mr. Max Mueckle of Germany – We congratulate our shooters, for their excellent results, all the staff and the volunteers, as well as out hosts, the USA Shooting Federation and Fort Benning. We are looking forward to come back here!”
The medal standings:
|
NOC
|
GOLD
|
SILVER
|
BRONZE
|
TOTAL
|
|
CHN
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
10
|
|
USA
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
6
|
|
RUS
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
5
|
|
ITA
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
|
KAZ
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
|
SRB
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
|
BUL
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
MGL
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
TOTAL
|
10
|
10
|
10
|
30
|
The next appointment with the ISSF World Cup Series, the ISSF World Cup in Shotgun events in Lonato (ITA), will kick-off June the 7th. Keep on following the shooting sport on www.issf-sports.org