The famed ISSF World Cup for pistol and rifle events in Munich (GER) is one of the annual highlights of the international shooting season, with a startling total of 919 athletes from 98 nations descending on the Olympia Shooting Range for five days of competition. The finals schedule:
● 26 May: Women/10 m Air Rifle
● 27 May: Men/10 m Air Pistol & 50 m Rifle/3 Pos.; Women/25 n Pistol
● 28 May: Men/10 m Air Rifle
● 29 May: Men/25 m Rapid-Fire Pistol; Women/10 m Air Pistol & 50 m Rifle/3 Pos.
● 30 May: Mixed/10 m Air Pistol & Mixed/10 m Air Rifle
As expected, the fields are excellent. In just the individual events, there are winners of at least 26 medals from the 2016 Olympic Games and 2018 World Championships alone, three current Olympic gold medalists and four reigning World Champions:
Men/10 m Air Pistol:
● Xuan Vinh Hoang (VIE) ~ 2016 Olympic gold medalist
● Felipe Almeida Wu (BRA) ~ 2016 Olympic silver medalist
● Wei Pang (CHN) ~ 2016 Olympic bronze medalist
● Artem Chernousov (RUS) ~ 2018 World Championships silver medalist
Men/25 m Rapid-Fire Pistol:
● Christian Reitz (GER) ~ 2016 Olympic Champion
● Jean Quiquampoix (FRA) ~ 2016 Olympic silver; 2018 World Champs bronze
● Yuehong Li (CHN) ~ 2016 Olympic bronze medalist
● Junmin Lin (CHN) ~ 2018 World Champion
● Jian Zhang (CHN) ~ 2018 World Championships silver medalist
Men/10 m Air Rifle:
● Serhiy Kulish (UKR) ~ 2016 Olympic silver medalist
● Petar Gorsa (CRO) ~ 2018 World Championships silver medalist
● Miran Mancic (CRO) ~ 2018 World Championships bronze medalist
Men/50 m Rifle ~ 3 Positions:
● Alexis Raynaud (FRA) ~ 2016 Olympic bronze medalist
● Tomasz Bartnik (POL) ~ 2018 World Champion
● Petar Gorsa (CRO) ~ 2018 World Championships silver medalist
● Michael McPhail (USA) ~ 2018 World Championships bronze medalist
Women/10 m Air Pistol:
● Mengxue Zhang (CHN) ~ 2016 Olympic Champion
● Anna Korakaki (GRE) ~ 2016 Olympic bronze medalist; 2018 World Champion
● Bo-Mi Kim (KOR) ~ 2018 World Championships bronze medalist
● Zorana Arunovic (SRB) ~ 2018 World Championships silver medalist
Women/25 m Pistol:
● Anna Korakaki (GRE) ~ 2016 Olympic Champion
● Heidi Gerber (SUI) ~ 2016 Olympic bronze medalist
● Olena Kostevych (UKR) ~ 2018 World Champion
● Doreen Vennekamp (GER) ~ 2018 World Championships bronze medalist
Women/10 m Air Rifle:
● Ginny Thrasher (USA) ~ 2016 Olympic Champion
● Anjum Moudgil (IND) ~ 2018 World Championships silver medalist
Women/50 m Rifle ~ 3 Positions:
● Snjezana Pejcic (CRO) ~ 2018 World Championships bronze medalist
India has the biggest delegation in Munich, with 35 shooters attending. China and Germany are next with 30 each and then the United States at 27.
The ISSF does a remarkable job with coverage on its Web site; look for results here.
