Rifle and Pistol
The rifle and pistol World Cup Final in Munich, held from August 23 to August 28, was heavily dominated by Russia and China. Two world records were set during the competitions: Sergei Alifirenko's 589 in 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol was the best result of the year and hence also world record, as the rules were changed at the turn of the season, and Sergei Martynov achieved the maximum 600 in the qualification round of the Prone position event for a fourth time (although he was unable to retain his two-point lead through the final). The winners were:
- Sergei Kovalenko, Russia, in men's 50 m Rifle Three Positions
- Eric Uptagrafft, United States, in men's 50 m Rifle Prone
- Denis Sokolov, Russia, in men's 10 m Air Rifle
- Boris Kokorev, Russia, in men's 50 m Pistol
- Sergei Alifirenko, Russia, in men's 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol
- Mikhail Nestruev, Russia, in men's 10 m Air Pistol
- Wu Liuxi, China, in women's 50 m Rifle Three Positions
- Du Li, China, in women's 10 m Air Rifle
- Chen Ying, China, in women's 25 m Pistol
- Jasna Šekarić, Serbia and Montenegro, in women's 10 m Air Pistol
Read more about this topic: 2005 ISSF World Cup
Famous quotes containing the words rifle and/or pistol:
“Many times man lives and dies
Betweeen his two eternities,
That of race and that of soul,
And ancient Ireland knew it all.
Whether man die in his bed
Or the rifle knocks him dead,”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“The Germans are called brutal, the Spanish cruel, the Americans superficial, and so on; but we are perfide Albion, the island of hypocrites, the people who have built up an Empire with a Bible in one hand, a pistol in the other, and financial concessions in both pockets. Is the charge true? I think it is.”
—E.M. (Edward Morgan)