2006 ISSF World Cup

The 2006 ISSF World Cup was held in the fifteen Olympic shooting events. Four qualification events were held in each event, spanning from March to June, and the best shooters qualified for the ISSF World Cup Final in Granada, Spain in October. It was the first time in the history of the competition that the finals in all events were held at a single venue.Opening Ceremony of the 2006 ISSF World Cup Final https://web.archive.org/web/20070928015626/http://www.issf.tv/default.aspx?view=article&index=11&year=2006&cship=645 2007-09-28 , ISSF TV, October 3, 2006 – link inactive as of December 2007 During the final in Granada, while defending her title in the women's Air Rifle competition, Chinese Du Li equalled the world record with a perfect 400 score, becoming the second woman in the world to achieve this for a second time. Also in the men's Air Rifle, Thomas Farnik of Austria set a new final world record with 703.1. Alexei Klimov bettered the world record in 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol from 589 to 591 and won narrowly after losing most of his pre-final advantage. In men's Trap, Czech David Kostelecky equalled the perfect world record of 125, but missed three targets in the final and eventually lost to Olympic and European champion Aleksei Alipov on shoot-off; both shooters also equalled the final world record. Winners WC 1 WC 2 WC 3 WC 4 Final Guangzhou, China Resende, Brazil Munich, Germany Milan, Italy Granada, Spain 25 Mar – 02 Apr 25 Apr – 3 May 22 May – 29 May 29 May – 05 Jun 02 Oct – 08 Oct Men's 50 m Rifle3 Positions Vebjørn Berg Thomas Farnik Sergei KovalenkoRussia Liu ZhiweiChina Rajmond Debevec Men's 50 m RifleProne Sergei Martynov Thomas TamasUnited States Péter Sidi Sergei Martynov Sergei Martynov Men's 10 m Air Rifle Gagan NarangIndia Christian Planer Jozef Gönci Zhu QinanChina Thomas Farnik Men's 50 m Pistol Jin Jong Oh Mikhail NestruevRussia Joao Costa Xu KunChina Vladimir IsakovRussia Men's 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol Ralf SchumannGermany Oleksandr Petriv Ralf SchumannGermany Ralf SchumannGermany Alexei KlimovRussia Men's 10 m Air Pistol Jin Jong Oh Franck DumoulinFrance Tan ZongliangChina Tan ZongliangChina Vladimir GontcharovRussia Women's 50 m Rifle3 Positions Liu BoChina Tatiana GoldobinaRussia Sonja PfeilschifterGermany Wang ChengyiChina Lioubov GalkinaRussia Women's 10 m Air Rifle Zhao YinghuiChina Kateřina Kůrková Elsa CaputoItaly Du LiChina Du LiChina Women's 25 m Pistol Lalita YauhleuskayaAustralia Jasna Šekarić Otryadyn Gündegmaa Fei FengjiChina Otryadyn Gündegmaa Women's 10 m Air Pistol Ren JieChina Jasna Šekarić Fei FengjiChina Jasna Šekarić Natalia PaderinaRussia WC 1 WC 2 WC 3 WC 4 Final Qingyuan, China Kerrville, United States Cairo, Egypt Suhl, Germany Granada, Spain 02 Apr – 11 Apr 4 May – 12 May 16 May – 25 May 06 Jun – 15 Jun 02 Oct – 08 Oct Men's Trap Massimo FabbriziItaly Aleksei AlipovRussia Stefan RuettgerothGermany Pavel GurkinRussia Aleksei AlipovRussia Men's Double Trap Vitaly FokeevRussia Vasily MosinRussia Rajyavardhan Singh RathoreIndia Hu BinyuanChina Vitaly FokeevRussia Men's Skeet Qu RidongChina Ennio FalcoItaly Axel WegnerGermany Tino WenzelGermany Valeriy ShominRussia Women's Trap Zuzana Štefečeková Zhu MeiChina Zuzana Štefečeková Satu Mäkelä-Nummela Elena TkachRussia Women's Skeet Shi Hong YanChina Connie SmotekUnited States Danka Bartekova Svetlana DeminaRussia Chiara CaineroItaly Triple winners Ralf Schumann GER (RFP) Jasna Šekarić SCG (SP and AP40) Sergei Martynov BLR (FR60PR) Double winners Jin Jong Oh KOR (FP and AP60) Zuzana Štefečeková SVK (TR75) Fei Fengji CHN (SP and AP40) Tan Zongliang CHN (AR60) Aleksei Alipov RUS (TR125) Otryadyn Gündegmaa MGL (SP) Vitaly Fokeev RUS (DT150) Thomas Farnik AUT (FR3X40 and AR60) Du Li CHN (AR40) See also 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification External links Full results at ISSF TV References Category:ISSF World Cup World Cup Category:2006 in Spanish sport Category:Sport in Granada Category:Shooting competitions in Spain