Competitions and Records
The ISSF recognizes the following competitions as ISSF Championships:
- The Olympic Games every four years (Olympic events only)
- The ISSF World Shooting Championships every four years, plus every other year for shotgun events
- The ISSF World Cup four times a year plus a final (Olympic events only)
- Regional championships, such as the European Championships or the Pan-American Games, with regularity that is decided on the regional level
These are the only competitions that have direct supervision from ISSF committees, and the only competitions where world records can be set. This leads to many national records in fact being higher than the world records.
Read more about this topic: International Shooting Sport Federation
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