The 2015 ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Acapulco, Mexico, kicks-off today with the first medal match – the Trap Women Finals – scheduled to take place today’s afternoon at 16.30.
The first ISSF World Cup Stage of the season was officially opened yesterday evening by the ISSF President Olegario Vazquez Raña and by the President of the Mexician Shooting Federation Jorge Alfonso Pena Soberanis, at the presence of the ISSF Secretary General Franz Schreiber, of the President of the Mexican NOC Carlos Padilla Becerra and of the President of the Mexican Comisión Nacional de Cultura Física y Deporte Mr. Jesús Mena Campos.
ACAPULCO – MARCH 2: 4th placed Kayle BROWNING of the United States of America competes in the Trap Women Finals at the at the Club “Caza, Tiro y Pesca de Acapulco, A.C.” Shooting Range during Day 1 of the ISSF World Cup Shotgun on March 2, 2015 in Acapulco, Mexico. (Photo by Nicolo Zangirolami)
Over 300 athletes coming from 54 nations arrived here in Acapulco to compete in the five Olympic events of Shotgun shooting, trying to achieve one of the 10 Olympic Quota Places to be awarded here.
The Trap Women Finals will open the competition, assigning the first medals and quotas at 16.30, today. The Trap Men Finals will follow tomorrow afternoon, while the Double Trap Men Finals will take place on the 5th of March. The Skeet Women and Men Finals will award the last medals and Olympic slots of Acapulco on the 8th and 9th of March.
The Finals will be broadcasted live on the ISSF Livestream channel at http://www.issf-sports.org/pages/livestream.ashx
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