Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun shooters arrived at the 2000 Olympic Shooting Range questing for an Olympic Quota.
The first training sessions have already started, at the 2000 Olympic Shooting Range of Sydney, were the ISSF World Cup Stage in Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun events is taking place from the 21st to the 31st of March.
The numbers of the match are impressive: 750 shooters (More than 1000 starts, coming from 68 nations, will compete in the 15 shooting sport Olympic events in the frame of the 2011 ISSF World Cup Series.
Thirty-four Olympic Quota places, the “entrance tickets” to the 2012 London Olympic Games, will be assigned to the best performers during this World Cup Stage.
The first final matches are scheduled on Wednesday the 23rd, when the 10m Air Rifle and the Air Pistol Women events will take place.
Results, news and photos of the final rounds will be published on www.issf-sports.org, and footage of the competitions will be available on the ISSF YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/issfchannel