Published on 05 Sep 2018

ISSF World Championship in Changwon: day 4 preview

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Marco Vettoretti

The three Olympic shooting disciplines will all make their appearance on day 4 at the ISSF World Championship in all events.

One senior and three junior events will kick off on September 5th at the Changwon International Shooting Centre, where the biggest competition of the season is currently underway.

 

Trap Men Junior

 

How does it work? Each athlete passing through the Trap Men Junior qualification round shoots 125 targets divided in five rounds of 25 targets each, typically over two competition days. Athletes competing in the qualification phase are divided in squads composed of six shooters each. They use all of the five layout stations, and they are allowed to fire two shots at each target.

 

Targets are thrown randomly: the shooter doesn’t know the angle and the direction of the target. The rotation logic ensures that all competitors will shoot the same targets sometimes during the round.The elimination-style final consists of a maximum of 50 targets.

 

During the final round the six athletes shoot from and rotate on station number 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, and they are allowed to fire one shot at each target. After five rounds have been completed — or when every shooters fired five times from each station — the lowest ranking athlete is eliminated in 6th position. At the end of each of the three following rounds, eliminations in 5th, 4th and 3rd place are determined. There, the two remaining athletes have to fire two more complete rounds to decide the gold and silver medalist.

 

Keep an eye on: Italy’s Matteo Marongiu and Spain’s Adria Martinez Torres are the two Junior World Cup gold medalist of the 2018 season: the Italian took gold in Sydney (AUS), while the Spaniard climbed atop the podium in Suhl (GER).

 

The title holder: Clement Francis Andre Bourgue of France is the current Junior World Champion of the Trap Men Junior event.

 

The final match: The final will take place tomorrow at 3:00 pm (UTC+9:00).

 

10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Junior

 

How does it work? The 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Junior event is conducted in the standing position, using an air rifle loaded with 0.177 caliber or 4.5mm pellets. The target is placed at a distance of 10 meters and athletes reload after each shot: rifles are single-loaded. Each team is composed by two shooters: one male and one female. The score of the team is made by the sum of the two individual scores. The qualification round consist of 80 total shots, 40 per team member.

 

The elimination-style final consists of a maximum of 48 shots per team. Qualification scores are not carried forward: the final starts from zero and the individual scores are added together to build up the final result.

 

Following the athletes presentation, the final begins with three series of 5 shots per athlete, each series must be fired within 250 seconds. After the first two series, a total of 9 single shots per athlete are fired, each shot must be fired in 50 seconds and the lowest-ranking team is eliminated after every 4 team shots. The final ends up with only two teams left on the line, as they fire the last 3 shots per athlete to determine the gold and silver medalists. Ties are broken by shoot-offs.

 

Keep an eye on: The People’s Republic of China’s Liu Yuqi and Zhu Yingjie pocketed the Junior World Cup gold at this year’s competition in Sydney, while in Suhl, India’s Elavenil Valarivan and Divyansh Singh Panwar placed 1st in this event.

 

The title holder: Czech Republic’s Nikola Foistova and Filip Nepejchal won gold at last year’s ISSF Junior World Championship in Suhl, when the format of the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Junior event still included medal matches.

 

The final match: The final will take place today at 10:45 am (UTC+9:00).

 

Trap Women

 

How does it work? Each athlete passing through the Trap Women qualification round shoots 125 targets divided in five rounds of 25 targets each, typically over two competition days. Athletes competing in the qualification phase are divided in squads composed of six shooters each. They use all of the five layout stations, and they are allowed to fire two shots at each target.

 

Targets are thrown randomly: the shooter doesn’t know the angle and the direction of the target. The rotation logic ensures that all competitors will shoot the same targets sometimes during the round. The elimination-style final consists of a maximum of 50 targets.

 

During the final round the six athletes shoot from and rotate on station number 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, and they are allowed to fire one shot at each target. After five rounds have been completed — or when every shooters fired five times from each station — the lowest ranking athlete is eliminated in 6th position. At the end of each of the three following rounds, eliminations in 5th, 4th and 3rd place are determined. There, the two remaining athletes have to fire two more complete rounds to decide the gold and silver medalist.

 

Keep an eye on: In three out of this year’s four World Cup stages, the Finnish flag waved atop the podium: Satu Makela-Nummela, in fact, secured the gold medal in Changwon and Siggiewi (MLT), while Marika Salmi won in Tucson (USA). United States’ Ashley Carroll, instead, took gold in Guadalajara (MEX).

 

The title holder: In Moscow (RUS) in 2017, Italy’s Jessica Rossi won the third world title of her career. She’ll go for the fourth in Changwon.

 

The Olympic Champion: At Rio 2016 Catherine Skinner of Australia crushed her way to the top of the podium, taking gold and besting New Zealand’s Natalie Rooney and United States’ Corey Cogdell.

 

The final match: The final will take place tomorrow at 4:15 pm (UTC+9:00).

 

10m Air Pistol Women Junior

 

How does it work? The 10m Air Pistol Women Junior event is conducted in standing position, using an air pistol loaded with 0.177 inches or 4.5mm caliber pellets. The target is placed at a distance of 10 meters and athletes reload after each shot: pistols are single-loaded. The qualification round consists of 60 shots. 

 

The elimination-style final consists of a maximum of 24 shots. Qualification scores are not carried forward: the final starts from zero and the individual scores are added together to build up the final result. 

 

Following the athletes presentation, the final begins with two series of 5 shots, each series must be fired within 250 seconds. After the first two series, a total of 14 single shots are fired, each shot must be fired in 50 second and the lowest-ranking athlete is eliminated after every 2 shots. The final ends up with only two athletes left on the line, and the last two shots determine the gold and silver medalists. Ties are broken by shoot-offs shots.

 

Keep an eye on: India’s 16-year-old sensation Manu Bhaker won all of this year’s competition, placing 1st at the Junior World Cup both in Sydney and Suhl.

 

The title holder: Another Indian athlete — Yashaswini Singh Deswal — climbed atop the podium at the 2017 ISSF Junior World Championship in Rifle/Pistol. She won’t defend her title in Changwon.

 

The final match: The final will take place today at 12:45 pm (UTC+9:00).

 

Footage of the Olympic events will be distributed worldwide via EBU and broadcasted live on the ISSF website, on the Federation’s Livestream channel and on its official Facebook page.

 

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