Location: Shooting Club, Six October City
http://www.egyptianshooting.com/H%20World%20Cup.html
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
1st May 2009: Arrival Of Delegations.
2nd May 2009:
Official Training, Trap, Men And Women.
Technical Meeting.
Opening Ceremony.
3rd May 2009:
Competition, Trap Men 75 Targets.
Competition, Trap Women 75 Targets + Final.
Awards Ceremony, Trap Women.
4th May 2009:
Competition, Trap Men 50 Targets + Final.
Awards Ceremony, Trap Men.
5th May 2009:
Official Training, Double Trap Men.
Unofficial Training, Skeet Men / Women.
6th May 2009:
Competition, Double Trap Men 150 Targets + Final.
Awards Ceremony, Double Trap Men.
7th May 2009: Official Training, Skeet, Men And Women.
8th May 2009:
Competition, Skeet Men 75 Targets.
Competition, Skeet Women 75 Targets + Final.
Awards Ceremony, Skeet Women.
9th May 2009:
Competition, Skeet Men 50 Targets + Final.
Awards Ceremony, Skeet Men.
Closing of the competition.
10th May 2009: Departure Of Delegations.
Egypt misses
We were close but not on target as the shotgun World Cup ended in Cairo, Ghada Abdel-Kader reports
Italy won the overall medal standings with one gold and two silver medals for a total of three medals out of five events. The US came second with a gold and two bronze. Ukraine, San Marino and Slovakia came in third place by securing one gold medal each. In sixth place were Spain, Qatar and Thailand with one silver while in ninth place came Finland, Hungary and Kuwait with one bronze medal. The event took place at the Shooting Club in 6 October City, considered one of the best shooting clubs in the world.
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http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/947/sp2.htm
Italian shooters dominate ISSF shotgun World Cup in Egypt
CAIRO, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Italy topped the medal standings of the 2009 international Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) shotgun World Cup with one gold and two silver medals as the five-event competition ended here on Saturday.
The United States, consisting of a bunch of young shooters, was second as they reeled in one gold and two bronzes.
Ukraine, San Marino and Slovakia shared the third place by securing one gold medal each.
Sharpshooters
The shotgun World Cup has been fired in Cairo. Ghada Abdel-Kader reports on the shooting spree
The shotgun World Cup from 1-10 May is currently being held at the new premises of the Shooting Club in the 6th of October City.
All together, 290 shooters representing 44 countries are participating in the skeet, trap and double trap -- Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bahrain, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Spain, Finland, Great Britain, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Libya, Lebanon, Lithuania, Morocco, Pakistan, Norway, Oman, Malta, Qatar, South Africa, Russia, Senegal, Slovenia, San Marino, Sudan, Sweden, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, the US, Ukraine, and Egypt the host country.
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http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/946/sp6.htm
Skeet W – Slovakia’s Bartekova back on Cairo’s podium
The 24-year older Slovakian shooter Danka BARTEKOVA won today’s Skeet Women event at the ISSF shotgun World Cup in Cairo, Egypt. Behind her, Thailand Sutiya Jiewchaloemmit won Silver in spite of equalling the world record in the qualifications.
The Slovakian athlete Danka Bartekova shot the second Gold medal of her international career with an excellent score of 97 hits, by shooting-off Thailand’s Sutiya JIEWCHALOEMMIT 2 to 1 hit. Bartekova had walked into the final match in third place, with a qualification score of 73 hits, and climbed the scoreboard to the highest step of the podium with a perfect final of 25 hits. This is not the first time Bartekova shoots an award in Cairo “This must my lucky city! I had won my first World Cup Gold here in Cairo, in 2006, shooting at old range, and a Silver medal at the 2001 World Championships, as junior shooter! This new range is beautiful, it’s a great place to compete.”
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http://www.issf-sports.org/news.ashx?newsid=1004