A massive field of 588 shooters from 67 countries are gathering in Beijing (CHN) for the ISSF World Cup for pistol and rifle, with more Olympic qualifying slots available. The schedule of finals:
● 23 April: Women’s 10 m Air Rifle
● 24 April: Women’s 10 m Air Pistol, Men’s 50 m Rifle/3 Positions
● 25 April: Mixed 10 m Air Rifle, Mixed 10 m Air Pistol
● 26 April: Men’s 10 m Air Rifle, Men’s 25 m Rapid-Fire Pistol
● 27 April: Men’s 10 m Air Pistol
● 28 April: Women’s 25 m Pistol, Women’s 50 m Rifle/3 Positions
The fields are quite good and include 25 Olympic and Worlds medals won from 2016-18: 11 among the men and 14 women, including:
Men
10 m Air Pistol:
● Xuan Vinh Hoang (VIE) ~ 2016 Olympic gold medalist
● Felipe Almeida Wu (BRA) ~ 2016 Olympic silver medalist
● Artem Chernousov (RUS) ~ 2018 Worlds silver medalist
25 m Rapid-Fire Pistol:
● Christian Reitz (GER) ~ 2016 Olympic gold medalist
● Juan Quiquampoix (FRA) ~ 2016 Olympic silver; 2018 Worlds bronze medalist
10 m Air Rifle:
● Serhiy Kulish (UKR) ~ 2016 Olympic silver medalist
● Vladimir Maslennikov (RUS) ~ 2016 Olympic bronze medalist
● Sergey Kamenskiy (RUS) ~ 2018 World Champion
● Miran Maricic (CRO) ~ 2018 Worlds bronze medalist
50 m Rifle/3 Positions:
● Alexis Raynaud (FRA) ~ 2016 Olympic bronze medalist
● Sergey Kamenskiy (RUS) ~ 2016 Olympic silver medalist
Women
10 m Air Pistol:
● Anna Korikaki (GRE) ~ 2016 Olympic bronze; 2018 World Champion
● Vitalina Batsarashkina (RUS) ~ 2016 Olympic silver medalist
● Zorana Arunovic (SRB) ~ 2018 Worlds silver medalist
● Bo-Mi Kim (KOR) ~ 2018 Worlds bronze medalist
25 m Pistol:
● Anna Korikaki (GRE) ~ 2016 Olympic Champion
● Monika Karsh (GER) ~ 2016 Olympic silver medalist
● Heidi Gerber (SUI) ~ 2016 Olympic bronze medalist
● Vitalina Batsarashkina (RUS) ~ 2018 Worlds silver medalist
● Doreen Vennekamp (GER) ~ 2018 Worlds bronze medalist
10 m Air Rifle:
● Ha-Na Im (KOR) ~ 2018 World Champion
● Anjum Moudgil (IND) ~ 2018 Worlds silver medalist
50 m Rifle/3 Positions:
● Yulia Karimova (RUS) ~ 2018 World Champion
● Snjezana Pejcic (CRO) ~ 2018 Worlds bronze medalist
● Isabella Straub (GER) ~ 2018 Worlds silver medalist
Mixed
10 m Air Pistol:
● Vitalina Batsarashkina/Artem Chernousov (RUS) ~ 2018 World Champions
The ISSF has excellent coverage on its Web site of all of the events; look for results here.
