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The People’s Republic of China finishes atop of Bangkok’s medals standings

ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol · Bangkok, THA

With 12 medals, the Chinese team turned out to be unbeatable at the first ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup of the season. A new records was scored during the competition.

The 2016 ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup in Bangkok (THA) was closed by today’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men event, won by USA’s Matthew Emmons.

 

The competition, which started on the 1st of March, saw 330 athlete coming from 49 countries to compete in the 10 Rifle and Pistol Olympic shooting events at the NSSAT Shooting Range of Bangkok.

 

The People’s Republic of China finished atop of the medals standings, collecting an impressive number of 12 medals, including 5 Gold, 3 Silver and 4 Bronze.


USA followed in second, with 1 Gold (won by Emmons, today) and 1 Silver medals, while Brazil, Denmark, Germany and India all secured 1 Gold medal each.

 

One new Junior Final World Record was scored during the competition by Yang Haoran of the People’s Republic of China (209.6 points) during the 10m Air Rifle Final.

 

The ISSF World Cup Series will now move on to Nicosia, Cyprus, where the first ISSF Shotgun World Cup of the season will be held from the 17 through the 25 of March.

 

Stay tuned on www.issf-sports.org: all of this year’s world cup events will be broadcasted live via internet.

 

FINALS WORLD RECORDS JUNIOR

Event

Phase

Old / New

Name

Nat

Date

10m Air Rifle Men Junior

Finals

209.6 / 209.8

YANG Haoran

CHN

3 MAR 2016

 

 

Medal standings - after 10 out of 10 events

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 CHN 5 3 4 12
2 USA 1 1 2
3 BRA 1 1
3 DEN 1 1
3 GER 1 1
3 IND 1 1
7 AUS 1 1
7 AUT 1 1
7 CRO 1 1
7 KOR 1 1
7 TPE 1 1
7 UKR 1 1
13 HUN 2 2
13 VIE 2 2
15 MGL 1 1
15 SIN 1 1
10 10 10 30

Medalists by Event - after 10 out 10 events

Event Date Medal Name Nation
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men 8 MAR 2016 Gold EMMONS Matthew USA
Silver KULISH Serhiy UKR
Bronze CAO Yifei CHN
50m Rifle Prone Men 5 MAR 2016 Gold GRIMMEL Torben DEN
Silver POTENT Warren AUS
Bronze PENI Istvan HUN
10m Air Rifle Men 3 MAR 2016 Gold YANG Haoran CHN
Silver CAO Yifei CHN
Bronze PENI Istvan HUN
50m Pistol Men 4 MAR 2016 Gold RAI Jitu IND
Silver PANG Wei CHN
Bronze WANG Zhiwei CHN
25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men 7 MAR 2016 Gold ZHANG Fusheng CHN
Silver LI Yuehong CHN
Bronze HA MINH Thanh VIE
10m Air Pistol Men 5 MAR 2016 Gold WU Felipe Almeida BRA
Silver BROWN Will USA
Bronze HOANG Xuan Vinh VIE
50m Rifle 3 Positions Women 6 MAR 2016 Gold BEER Jolyn GER
Silver PEJCIC Snjezana CRO
Bronze ZHANG Binbin CHN
10m Air Rifle Women 3 MAR 2016 Gold YI Siling CHN
Silver HOFMANN Olivia AUT
Bronze SER Xiang Wei Jasmine SIN
25m Pistol Women 4 MAR 2016 Gold ZHANG Jingjing CHN
Silver PARK Hyun Joo KOR
Bronze OTRYAD Gundegmaa MGL
10m Air Pistol Women 6 MAR 2016 Gold GUO Wenjun CHN
Silver TIEN Chia Chen TPE
Bronze ZHANG Mengxue CHN

Marco Dalla Dea

 

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