September/October 2011: Volume 19, Number 5 - USA Shooting

ISSF World Cup Munich:
Milev’s Magic Hour
Rie and Pistol members of the USA
Shooting Team traveled to Munich,
Germany, for the International
Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF)
World Cup Munich. e ISSF announced
that this World Cup set records with 884
registered athletes
from 85 international
federations. With a
total of 1485 starts,
ISSF Secretary General
Franz Schreiber said,
“It’s a record, no doubt
about it. Never before,
a Rie and Pistol World
Cup Stage registered
this participation.” e
event took place on
the prestigious 1972
Olympic Shooting Range
from June 17 to 22. is
was the last opportunity
American athletes had
to earn 2012 Olympic quotas from an ISSF
World Cup.
In the Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
event, the USA’s Emil Milev (Temple Terrace,
Fla.) brought home the bronze medal. Not
only did Milev earn a spot on the podium,
but a very important second quota for the
USA. is quota now allows two Men’s 25m
Rapid Fire Pistol shooters to compete in
the 2012 Olympic Games. Milev shot 583
qualication points
for an opportunity
at the new nals
format. With a solid
start of 4, 5 and 3
hits, Milev nished
with 25 total hits for the bronze medal.
National Pistol Coach Sergey Luzov said,
“Milev wasn’t holding anything back—he
was ready to attack, he approached the
match today ready to win. He got distracted
by the target malfunction in the nal, but
he returned strong aer only 15 seconds of
prep time. Now we have two great American
rapid re shooters who have won quotas and
are promising medal potential for the 2012
Olympic Games.”
Teammate
Sergeant First Class
Keith Sanderson
(Colorado Springs,
Colo.) nished in eighth
place. Sanderson shot
581 qualication points
to tie Schumann and
Vietnam’s anh Ha
Minh for one spot in the
nal. Sanderson red
44 points to Ha Minh’s
47 points. Most notably,
this is the rst time in
Above: Emil Milev didn’t let a target malfunction stand
in his way during the nal.
R: Milev congratulates Ralf Schumann of Germany on
his silver medal.
Below: Jamie Beyerle eyes the scoreboard during the
Women’s 50m Rie ree Position nal.
nearly two decades that the USA has won
both Men’s Rapid Fire Pistol quotas, thus
increasing our chances of medaling at the
Olympic Games.
Top ranked Jamie Beyerle (Lebanon,
Pa.) nished in fourth place in Women’s
50m Rie ree Position. Beyerle, who has
already secured a 2012 Olympic nomination,
shot 585 match points. Shooting 97.2 points
in the nal, Beyerle nished with 682.2 total
points.
e USA Shooting Team le Munich
with one medal and two appearances in
the nals. Milev was the top performing
American athlete. Teammate Beyerle just
missed the podium, yet still added to her
2012 U.S. Olympic point total. e People’s
Republic of China was the most medalwinning
federation with six total medals.
Munich was the nal leg of ISSF Rie and
Pistol World Cup competition for 2011. e
ISSF World Cup Finals (invite only) will be
held from September 18 to 24 in Wroclaw,
Poland.