24 August 2017THE 2017 ISSF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SHOTGUN IN RUSSIA WILL BE LIVE ON TV!
The 2017 ISSF World Championship Shotgun that is due to start on August 31 at the ranges of the Foxlodge Shooting Complex, Moscow Region, Russia, will be broadcasted live by TV. All necessary arrangements have been done by the Organizing Committee, the European Broadcasting Union and the International Shooting Sport Federation.Read more
08 August 20176 SHOOTERS FORM PART OF THE NEW ESC ATHLETES COMMITTEE
The new ESC Athletes Committee has been formed. As a result of the nomination procedure and elections during the European Championship in Baku it is composed of 6 athletes - 2 representatives of Shotgun, 2 representative of Pistol and 2 representatives of Rifle. Gender equality in each of the disciplines has been respected.Read more
02 August 2017France is best in Skeet Mixed Teams Competition
Twenty mixed teams competed from the European Championship in Baku in the last shotgun event. The weather was probably warmest during the competition week. The Qualification competed in the morning and under the afternoon burning sun were the semi-finals and finally medal matches.Read more
01 August 2017Denmark climbed up to the top of Skeet World with Birklykke’s World Record
The Skeet Junior Men finished with new World and European Record made by Danish Johan Birklykke. Birklykke’s performance was amazing. He started strongly by making clear hits. Only when he was shot 12 stages he missed once. He missed totally only five clays in the very difficult conditions. Birklykke beat Italian Elia Sdruccioli finally by two clays Birklykke’s World Record result is now 55 in the finals, Sdruccioli 55. The Bronze Medal travelled also to Denmark with Emil Petersen with result of 42.Read more
31 July 2017French Alexis Raynard reclaims the in 300m 3 Positions Men competition
The wind blew in the rifle range with the same speed as before. That didn’t surprise the athletes. But when looking the result list there were familiar names who have been shooting long time in all kind of conditions. The winner was this time Alexis Raynaud from France. His kneeling was 391, prone 395 and standing 381, total winning result 1167. Silver medal winner was Hungarian Istvan Peni who beat his team mate Peter Sidi with two points. The silver medal result of Istavn Peni was 1163. Yesterday winner Jan Lochbihler (1158) was finally fourth.Read more
31 July 2017Russian Anton Stakhov leads the Skeet Men after 75 clays
Men and Men junior skeet shooters started their own competition today with 75 clays. In the lead of 75 clays Anton Astakhov from Russian Federation. He missed only one clay(74/75) in challenging conditions. Stefan Nilsson from Sweden and Hakon Svavarsson from Iceland hit 73 clays. The same amount of hit made also three other athletes: Dimitris Konstantiinou (CYP), Cabriele Rosetti(ITA) and Milos Slavicek (CZE). 72 clays broken six athletes. In the team competition Russian Federation (218) keeps to top place with the difference of three clays before France(215) and Italy (215)The competition continues tomorrow morning.Read more
31 July 2017Italy ruled the Skeet Women Team competition
Monday’s last competition was the Skeet Women Team Competition. After the quarter and semi-finals Italy and Ukraine had solved their road to the Gold Match, Cyprus and Poland to the Bronze Match.Read more
30 July 2017Gambling with the wind in 300m shooting
Sunday morning 30th of June woke up as usual sunny but very windy. The wind is strongest during this week and it blows from the north and suits perfectly to the shooting ranges. It is probably the most difficult direction here in Baku, if believing Rajmond Debevec and I believe.Read more
30 July 2017Pavlo Korostylov through the difficulties to World Record in 25m Standard Pistol Men
The wind didn’t disturb the pistol shooters so badly as the 300m rifle shooters, but they had also exciting moments with wind anyway. The 25m Standard Pistol Champion Ukrainian Pavlo Korostylov won and shot a new World and European Record which is now 581. He won the silver medallist German Christian Reitz (574)with seven points. The bronze medal winner was Russian Alexei Klimov(573).Read more
