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 , 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 Kovalenko Liu Zhiwei Rajmond Debevec Men's 50 m RifleProne Sergei Martynov Thomas Tamas Péter Sidi Sergei Martynov Sergei Martynov Men's 10 m Air Rifle Gagan Narang Christian Planer Jozef Gönci Zhu Qinan Thomas Farnik Men's 50 m Pistol Jin Jong Oh Mikhail Nestruev Joao Costa Xu Kun Vladimir Isakov Men's 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol Ralf Schumann Oleksandr Petriv Ralf Schumann Ralf Schumann Alexei Klimov Men's 10 m Air Pistol Jin Jong Oh Franck Dumoulin Tan Zongliang Tan Zongliang Vladimir Gontcharov Women's 50 m Rifle3 Positions Liu Bo Tatiana Goldobina Sonja Pfeilschifter Wang Chengyi Lioubov Galkina Women's 10 m Air Rifle Zhao Yinghui Kateřina Kůrková Elsa Caputo Du Li Du Li Women's 25 m Pistol Lalita Yauhleuskaya Jasna Šekarić Otryadyn Gündegmaa Fei Fengji Otryadyn Gündegmaa Women's 10 m Air Pistol Ren Jie Jasna Šekarić Fei Fengji Jasna Šekarić Natalia Paderina 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 Fabbrizi Aleksei Alipov Stefan Ruettgeroth Pavel Gurkin Aleksei Alipov Men's Double Trap Vitaly Fokeev Vasily Mosin Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Hu Binyuan Vitaly Fokeev Men's Skeet Qu Ridong Ennio Falco Axel Wegner Tino Wenzel Valeriy Shomin Women's Trap Zuzana Štefečeková Zhu Mei Zuzana Štefečeková Satu Mäkelä-Nummela Elena Tkach Women's Skeet Shi Hong Yan Connie Smotek Danka Bartekova Svetlana Demina Chiara Cainero
Triple winners (RFP) (SP and AP40) (FR60PR)
Double winners (FP and AP60) (TR75) (SP and AP40) (AR60) (TR125) (SP) (DT150) (FR3X40 and AR60) (AR40)
See also 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification
External links Full results at ISSF TV
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