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ISSF World Cup Final in New Delhi: medals and records

ISSF World Cup Final Rifle / Pistol / Shotgun · New Delhi, IND

The final competition of the year capped off an amazing 2017, building up the hype for the upcoming 2018 ISSF Season.

The 2017 ISSF Season closed in great style, as the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi (IND) hosted the 2017 ISSF World Cup Final and delivered 18 seasonal titles in the three disciplines.

 

Starting on October 23rd, the competition saw 160 athletes compete and represent 45 countries, piling up 195 starts.

Medalists by Event - Individual

Event Date Medal Name Nation
10m Air Rifle Men 25 OCT 2017 Gold PENI Istvan HUN
Silver BUBNOVICH Vitali BLR
Bronze SIDI Peter HUN
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men 29 OCT 2017 Gold RAYNAUD Alexis FRA
Silver NEPEJCHAL Filip CZE
Bronze PENI Istvan HUN
50m Rifle Prone Men 27 OCT 2017 Gold GRIMMEL Torben DEN
Silver JUNGHAENEL Henri GER
Bronze KIM Jonghyun KOR
10m Air Pistol Men 26 OCT 2017 Gold MATSUDA Tomoyuki JPN
Silver KOROSTYLOV Pavlo UKR
Bronze OMELCHUK Oleh UKR
25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men 29 OCT 2017 Gold SANDERSON Keith USA
Silver BESSAGUET Clement FRA
Bronze SONG Jong Ho KOR
50m Pistol Men 27 OCT 2017 Gold MIKEC Damir SRB
Silver OMELCHUK Oleh UKR
Bronze SINGH Amanpreet IND
Trap Men 29 OCT 2017 Gold FERNANDEZ Alberto ESP
Silver RESCA Daniele ITA
Bronze CERNOGORAZ Giovanni CRO
Double Trap Men 27 OCT 2017 Gold HU Binyuan CHN
Silver DAHIYA Sangram IND
Bronze GASPARINI Davide ITA
Skeet Men 26 OCT 2017 Gold FILIPPELLI Riccardo ITA
Silver LLEWELLIN Ben GBR
Bronze GIL Federico ARG
10m Air Rifle Women 26 OCT 2017 Gold ARSOVIC Andrea SRB
Silver COMAN Laura-Georgeta ROU
Bronze PENG Xinyi CHN
50m Rifle 3 Positions Women 28 OCT 2017 Gold BEER Jolyn GER
Silver PEJCIC Snjezana CRO
Bronze ZHANG Yiwen CHN
10m Air Pistol Women 25 OCT 2017 Gold GOBERVILLE Celine FRA
Silver LIN Yuemei CHN
Bronze ZHANG Mengxue CHN
25m Pistol Women 27 OCT 2017 Gold KIM Minjung KOR
Silver ZHANG Jingjing CHN
Bronze ARUNOVIC Zorana SRB
Trap Women 28 OCT 2017 Gold IEZZI Alessia ITA
Silver GALVEZ Fatima ESP
Bronze BASSIL Ray LBN
Skeet Women 25 OCT 2017 Gold RHODE Kimberly USA
Silver BACOSI Diana ITA
Bronze VIZZI Dania Jo USA

Medalists by Event - Team

Event Date Medal Name Nation
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team 24 OCT 2017 Gold People's Republic of China 1 CHN
Silver Republic of Serbia SRB
Bronze People's Republic of China 2 CHN
10m Air Pistol Mixed Team 24 OCT 2017 Gold India IND
Silver France FRA
Bronze People's Republic of China CHN
Trap Mixed Team 24 OCT 2017 Gold Spain 1 ESP
Silver Italy 2 ITA
Bronze United States of America 1 USA

Five new World Records were set during the competition:

 

  • Riccardo Filippelli of Italy and Ben Llewellin of Great Britain both marked 59 hits in the Skeet Men final;
  • Tomoyuki Matsuda of Japan scored 241.8 points in the 10m Air Pistol Men final;
  • Hu Binyuan of the People’s Republic of China hit 79 clays in the Double Trap Men event;
  • Torben Grimmel of Denmark scored 250.6 points in the 50m Rifle Prone Men final;
  • Alberto Fernandez crushed 48 of his 50 targets in the Trap Men event.

 

Diana Bacosi and Kimberly Rhode also set an Equaled World Record in the Skeet Women final by hitting 56 out of 60 targets.

 

Among junior shooters, Pavlo Korostylov of Ukraine equaled the World Record in the 10m Air Pistol Men event with 241.1 points, while Istvan Peni of Hungary equaled the 10m Air Rifle Men one by scoring 249.8 points.

 

Sadeghian Armina of the Islamic Republic of Iran set a new Junior Qualification World Record in the 10m Air Rifle Women event with 422.3 points, and finally Istvan Peni matched the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men World Record with 1185 points.

Medal standings

Rank Nation Individual Team Total
Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 ITA 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 6
2 CHN 1 2 3 1 2 2 2 5 9
3 FRA 2 1 1 2 2 4
4 SRB 2 1 1 2 1 1 4
5 ESP 1 1 1 2 1 3
6 USA 2 1 1 2 2 4
7 IND 1 1 1 1 1 1 3
8 GER 1 1 1 1 2
9 HUN 1 2 1 2 3
9 KOR 1 2 1 2 3
11 DEN 1 1 1
11 JPN 1 1 1
13 UKR 2 1 2 1 3
14 CRO 1 1 1 1 2
15 BLR 1 1 1
15 CZE 1 1 1
15 GBR 1 1 1
15 ROU 1 1 1
19 ARG 1 1 1
19 LBN 1 1 1
15 15 15 3 3 3 18 18 18 54

At the end of a pretty balanced competition, the final medal table was ruled by Italy with six total medals: two Golds, three Silvers and one Bronze, all won in the Shotgun discipline. The People’s Republic of China followed in 2nd with two Golds, two Silvers and five Bronzes, while France took 3rd place with two Golds and two Silvers.

 

Serbia, Spain and the United States of America also won two Gold medals apiece, while Denmark, India, Germany, Hungary, Japan and Republic of Korea took one each.

 

The 2018 ISSF Season will resume on March 2nd, 2018 in Guadalajara (MEX) for the first stage of the 2018 ISSF World Cup Series.

 

Live results of all the ISSF the competitions, news and updates are be available on www.issf-sports.org and on all ISSF social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Weibo and Youku.

Marco Vettoretti

 

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