For the first time, dedicated competitions for disabled athletes where conducted in the frame of an ISSF World Cup.
For the first time, the ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Lonato (ITA) turned into a stage of competition for disabled shooters, with more than 40 disabled participants coming from 8 nations, competing in dedicated categories.
The event has been promoted by the Italian Shotgun Shooting Federation FITAV, under the umbrella of the International Shooting Sport Federation, and comes after the recent signature of a memorandum of understanding between ISSF and the International Paralympic Committee.
During the competition, a medical staff leaded by Prof. Marco Bernardi, the Scientific Director of the Italian Paralympic Committee, monitored the matches in order to develop a specific classification system for Shotgun Shooting events for disabled shooters.
ISSF and FITAV authorities –the ISSF Secretary General Franz Schreiber and the ISSF Vice Presidents Medhat Wadhan and Luciano Rossi - visited the competition, and stressed the importance of the cooperation between ISSF and IPC, in order to further develop the sport among disabled athletes.