Top Shooters at Fort Benning ISSF World Cup
The 2014 ISSF World Cup at Fort Benning is underway, and some events have already finished, such as the 10m Air Rifle and 10m Air Pistol. The World Cup, which has attracted many of the world’s top rifle and pistol shooters, continues through April 3, 2014. Here are some photo highlights from the first three days of the Fort Benning World Cup. There were plenty of exotic, expensive rifles and pistols on display — plus a few small toy animals (favored by the lady shooters).
ISSF Fort Benning World Cup Photo Stream
Young Russian Wins First Gold of the Competition
Nazar Luginets, 24, from the Russian Federation, won the first medal match of the competition, the 10m Air Rifle Men event. With 209.4 points, the Russian athlete beat Serbian Milutin Stefanovic, who finished just one tenth behind Luginets. The 2013 Euro Champion, Sergey Richter from Israel, finished third.
10m Air Rifle Winner Nazar Luginets
New Air Pistol Record Set
Hoang Xuan Vinh, from Vietnam, won the 10m Air Pistol Men final, setting a new world record in the process. Currently ranked 8th in the world, The Vietnamese pistol shooter pocketed the Gold medal with a record score of 202.8 points in the final, breaking the previous 202.3-point record set by the 2008 Olympic Champion Pang Wei of China. Hoang beat Russians finalists Sergey Chervyakovskiy, and Vladimir Gontcharov, 36, who finished in second and third place with 202.3 and 181.3 points, respectively. This was an important comeback for Gontcharov, a 14-time ISSF World Cup medalist. Vladimir who started competing back in 1990, had been far from ISSF podiums since 2012.
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Tags: Air Pistol, Air Rifle, Fort Benning, ISSF, USAMU, World Cup
What score is 209.4? How am I supposed to understand a scoring system that is not a full point value? Would be nice to have an explanation. Better yet would be a change from the current complicated decimal scoring to a more spectator friendly score.
ISSF are you listening?
Dear Mr. Thurber,
After watching a few air rifle events and shooting at a range with electronic targets perhaps I can help. In air rifle a perfect shot is 10.9 and one can have a shot that cuts the dot which is a 10.1. As a result a score like 209.4 is possible. Not knowing which event you are referring to I hope that provided you with some helpful information.
TA
Dear Mr. Furber,
After watching a few air rifle events and shooting at a range with electronic targets perhaps I can help. In air rifle a perfect shot is 10.9 and one can have a shot that cuts the dot which is a 10.1. As a result a score like 209.4 is possible. Not knowing which event you are referring to I hope that provided you with some helpful information.
TA