China finished atop of the medal standings, while four world records were tied.
Today’s Trap Men Final concluded the ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Beijing, China, where more than 350 shooters have been competing in the five Olympic events of Shotgun shooting trying to achieve one of the ten London 2012 Quotas to be awarded here.
The host nation, China, finished atop of the medal standing, securing one Gold and one Bronze medals. Four nations tied in second place: Croatia, Cyprus, Italy and Malta all claimed one Gold medal.
The medal standings
|
Rank
|
NAT
|
Gold
|
Silver
|
Bronze
|
Total
|
|
1
|
CHN
|
1
|
|
1
|
2
|
|
2
|
CRO
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
2
|
CYP
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
2
|
ITA
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
2
|
MLT
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
6
|
USA
|
|
2
|
|
2
|
|
7
|
GRE
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
7
|
IND
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
7
|
RUS
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
10
|
CZE
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
10
|
DEN
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
10
|
GER
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
10
|
TPE
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
Total
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
15
|
Four Records were scored, during this 2011 ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Beijing. The Olympic layouts of the Clay Target Field proved to be a location for great performances once again, during this world cup stage. It was China’s Wei Ning who tied both the world and the final world record to win the Skeet Women final, finishing on the highest step of the podium with 99 hits. And another Skeet shooter, Cyprus’ Antonakis Andreou tied the Skeet Men World Record of 125 hits out of 125 targets, winning then the final round and an Olympic Quota Place to participate in the 2012 Olympics. Also young shooters finished in the spotlights, as the 19-year old American shooter Reachel Lynn Heiden tied her Trap Women Junior World Record of 73 hits.
|
Event
|
Shooter
|
Score
|
Record
|
|
Skeet Women
|
WEI Ning (CHN)
|
74/75
|
Equalled World Record
|
|
Skeet Women
|
WEI Ning (CHN)
|
99/100
|
Equalled Final World Record
|
|
Skeet Men
|
Antonakis ANDREOU (CYP)
|
125/125
|
Equalled World Record
|
|
Trap Women Junior
|
Rachael Lynn HEIDEN (USA)
|
73/75
|
Equalled Junior World Record
|