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terça-feira, 30 de junho de 2015

Martina Veloso: Getting used to the noise of success



Finals 10m Air Rifle Women Junior

Martina Veloso: Getting used to the noise of success

ISSF Junior Cup Rifle / Pistol / Shotgun · Suhl, GER
Singapore's Martina Veloso won the bronze at yesterday's 10m Air Rifle. The noise that fans make, she says, makes her nervous. She wants to learn how to stay calm. As long as there's noise, though, that means Veloso will be competing someplace important.
Singapore's Martina Lindsay Veloso, 15, has two medals around her neck -- an individual bronze, and a team silver. Both are from the women's 10m Air Rifle of the 2015 ISSF Junior Cup in Suhl, Germany.

In yesterday's final, Veloso secured third place as she overcame Rachel Martin of the USA.

After being tied in third place with Rachel twice, Veloso was in fourth -- one shot close to her elimination.

That's when she pulled a 10.2 out of her hat. Rachel was out, and Veloso was now in third -- making her way to the bronze medal.

It was Veloso's first international medal this season, one that she was waiting for eagerly -- her 2014 was a successful year, raising hopes that added pressure on her 2015.

Last year in Munich, Veloso became the youngest World Cup gold medalist in the ISSF history. She was just 14.

Two months latershe won a silver medal at the Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China.

In March of the same year, Veloso had won a gold medal as a junior at the Asian Shooting Championships in Kuwait City.

But Veloso still hadn't won anything this season. Last May, she had come in 43rd at the ISSF World Cup stage in Fort Benning.

Finally, in Suhl, the season's first medal came.

To win, Veloso had "to go back to ground zero."

"Like, not let the past competitions hinder in the back of my head," Veloso says. "I have to restart again, and I'll become better. If not, I'll get pressure and I won't shoot so well."

To stay motivated, Veloso says, she thinks "that there are more people, and that more people are getting stronger as well."

During the competition in Suhl, fans are making a lot of noise -- clapping, shouting, playing stadium horns. This kind of support, Veloso says, makes shooters "more nervous."

"We have to try to calm ourselves down very fast," says Veloso, who does "breathing exercises of visualization" to do that herself -- that is, "you think about your shot routine and stuff, like what you're gonna do for the next shot."

Learning "to settle down faster," -- to avoid pressure -- seems to be Veloso's main concern, and what she most wants to improve in her shooting.

Back home in Singapore, Veloso and her coach Lim Chea Rong "play different musics" during trainings to get her used to the noise -- "to simulate the actual final itself."

"We've been doing that for the past few months," Veloso says. "I have to train more with that. So that when I shoot I won't get so affected [by the noise]."

"Sometimes it works, but during training and competititon the pressure level is different. So it's not that easy to get the same type of pressure level during training."

To get used to the noise, Veloso says, she needs more experience.

"I have to go to more competitions," she says. "More international competitions -- you see other countries, you see some very good shooters."

And although she learns from other shooters, Veloso still looks to coach Lim whenever she needs advice.

"Everything's from my coach," Veloso says.

Coach Lim also thinks that Veloso should work to keep her cool better -- "to calm myself down quickly," "to settle down."

This is a problem Veloso should hope having for a long time still. As long as she has to deal with the pressure of fans making noise, that will mean she's somewhere important -- trying to calm herself down to win a gold. It's a nice problem to have.
Posted by Thom Erik Syrdahl
Source =  ISSF Website

Results of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd days


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1. ISHCHENKO Evgeniy
2. WOJTASIAK Maciej
3. LUESCHER Manuel
27.06.2015







1. PRAJ Filip
2. DEDMAN James
3. WILLETT James
27.06.2015







1. KINDIG Alexander
2. CHERNOUSOV Artem
3. DI MARTINO Dario
28.06.2015






1. BATSARASHKINA Vitalina
2. LOMOVA Margarita
3. RASMANE Agate
28.06.2015






1. LEHRICH Tina
2. FOISTOVA Nikola
3. HOFSTETTER Vanessa
28.06.2015






1. BOROVOI Evgeniu
2. KUMAR Sumedh
3. BASSARIEV Alexander
29.06.2015







1. YATSUKAWA Ryosuke
2. ISHCHENKO Evgeniy
3. KWON Ilgu
29.06.2015







1. PERELYGIN Viacheslav
2. LHOTE Pierre-Alexandre
3. YAUHLEVSKI Siarhei
29.06.2015







1. BAENISCH Charleen
2. HOFSTETTER Vanessa
3. VELOSO Martina Lindsay
29.06.2015




Posted by Thom Erik Syrdahl
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Russia wins 7 medals on Day 3 at 2015 Junior Cup in Suhl




ISSF Junior Cup Rifle / Pistol / Shotgun · Suhl, GER

The Russian Federation took over the third competition day at the 2015 ISSF Junior Cup in Suhl, Germany
Winning both individual and team events, the Russian Federation won seven medals on the third competition day at the 2015 ISSF Junior Cup in Suhl, Germany.

Russia took four individual, and three team medals -- winning in all of the day's events but in the women's 10m Air Rifle.

In the men's 50m Pistol, India's Sumedh Kumar was the only non-Russian athlete on the podium.



50m Pistol Men Junior

Russia's Evgeniu Borovoi won the gold as he overcame Kumar in the final's last shot.

Kumar was in first with a 1.3-point lead before the last shot. Then, he hit an 8.1. Borovoi hit a 9.8, and won the final with a total score of 184.5 points.

In the eighth series, Borovoi had hit a 6.7 -- which had made him slip down to second place, 0.8 points behind the new leader Kumar. It took Borovoi the final three shots to get back to first place -- Kumar settling for the silver (184.1).

Alexander Bassariev, Borovoi's teammate, won the bronze (164.3).

Bassariev was leading after the final's first series (56.4), but a 7.7 and a 6.1 in the next eight shots vanished his dreams for the gold.

Five athletes represented Russia in this final -- other than Borovoi and Bassariev, Anton Zanin (4th, 144.5), Alexander Skakov (7th, 86.0), and Artem Chernousov (8th, 68.4).

Latvia's Emils Vasermanis, a European Championship silver medalist last year in Moscow, had risen to first place during the final. Finally, he lost his lead and closed in fifth (127.3).

France's Edouard Dortomb, a Youth Olympic bronze medalist, came in sixth (107.3) -- following scores like 7.7, and 6.7.

Borovoi's Russia also won the team gold (1659 - 30x). Zanin and Skakov joined the gold medalist's efforts and gave their country first place.

Latvia came in second. Lauris StrautmanisKristaps Smilga, and Vasermanis added up to a score of 1633 - 22x.

France -- thanks to Dortomb, Florian Becq, and Anthony Lodiel -- won the team bronze (1605 - 24x).

10m Air Rifle Men Junior
Gaining the first medal of his career, Japan's Ryosuke Yatsukawa won the men's 10m Air Rifle.

Yatuskawa beat Russia's Evgeniy Ishchenko by a 1.9-point margin, closing on a score of 204.4 points.

Throughout the final, Yatuskawa shot under 10 only four times -- the same number of times he hit a 10.5 or more.

Ishchenko, the silver medalist, had been in first place for good part of the match. But a couple shots near the end -- a 9.4, and an 8.6 -- gave Yatuskawa the chance to overcome him. So he did.

Yatuskawa, Ishchenko, and Kwon were all at the first final of their careers.

Russia won the team gold as Ishchenko, Vladislav Fetisov, and Aleksei Krylov added up to 1862.6 points.

Switzerland -- Christoph DuerrManuel Luescher, and Robin Frund -- won the silver (1850.0).

Pratik BorsePrashant Prashant, and Akhil Sheoran secured the bronze for India (1848.9).


25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men Junior

Another medal for Russia came in the men's Rapid Fire Pistol, as Viacheslav Perelygin beat Pierre-Alexandre Lhote of France by 22-21 in the final.

In three consecutive rounds, Perelygin scored four out of five hits -- pocketing 12 hits, over half of his final score.

Lhote, the runner-up, never scored more than three hits in a single round.

After being in a tie for first place with Perelygin, Australia's Siarhei Yauhlevski ended in third place with 18 hits.

Perelygin, Lhote, and Yauhlevski all won the first medal of their careers.

Russia won the team gold as gold medalist Perelygin, Aleksandr Kravchenko, and Daniil Shikhov's scores amounted to 1672 points and 42 inner tens.

Shivam ShuklaAchal Pratap Grewal, and Rushiraj Barot secured the silver medal for India (1669 - 33x).

Silver medalist Lhote, Clement Greffier, and Charles-Richard Laverrou celebrated France's bronze medal (1658 - 26x).

10m Air Rifle Women Junior

After winning four yesterday, Germany won its only medal today in the women's 10m Air Rifle.

Charleen Baenisch, 18, won her career's first gold as she beat Switzerland's Vanessa Hofstetter with a 1.7-point margin (207.0).

The contest between Baenisch and Hofstetter started early on, as the silver medalist was trying to catch up with the Baenisch in the lead since the first series.

Throughout the final, Baenisch shot beautifully -- always 10 or above but in two occasions. She once hit a 10.9.
Singapore's Martina Veloso, 15, won the bronze.

Veloso -- who became the youngest ISSF World Cup medallist ever last year in Munich -- fought with USA's Rachel Martin for third place. They were tied twice.

Rachel was in third, when the next shot was going to decide fourth place. Then, Veloso came back. She hit a 10.2, outdid Rachel, and made her way to the bronze (184.3).

Although it didn't end up winning any individual medal, France won the team gold (1239.2). Ines Niewada (416.5), Judith Gomez (412.3), and Emilie Wintenberger (410.4) contributed to their country's success.

Just 1.4 points behind France, Singapore won the silver. Veloso, the bronze medalist, teamed up with Ho Xiu Yi and Tan Qian Xiu Adele to score 1237.8 points.

Still very close and taking the bronze -- 0.3 points behind Singapore -- was the Republic of KoreaLe SeungyeonJoo Hyunji, and Kim Dabin scored 1237.5 points.

Find out more about the 2015 ISSF Junior Cup in Suhl on our websiteFacebookInstagram, and Twitter profiles. Join the conversation and use the hashtag #jcsuhl15.

Watch the finals live via the ISSF TV streaming page.


Alessandro Ceschi

Posted By Thom Erik Syrdahl
Source = ISSF Website

domingo, 28 de junho de 2015

Day 2 at 2015 Junior Cup in Suhl




Recap: Germany wins 4 medals on Day 2 at 2015 Junior Cup in Suhl

ISSF Junior Cup Rifle / Pistol / Shotgun · Suhl, GER
The second competition day at the ISSF Junior Cup in Suhl, Germany. Kindig won the men's 10m Air Pistol. Lehrich, the women's 50m rifle 3 positions -- Germany won a team silver there, and in the women's 10m Air Pistol.
Germany won two individual, and two team medals today -- the second competition day at the ISSF Junior Cup in Suhl, Germany.

Alexander Kindig won the men's 10m Air Pistol. Tina Lehrich, the women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions -- Germany also won ateam silver there, and a bronze in the women's 10m Air Pistol.


Men's 10m Air Pistol

Germany's Kindig won the men's 10m Air Pistol -- a success that follows his gold and bronze medals at last year's World Championship in Granada, and European Championship in Moscow.

Kindig, 20, kept a 2.2-point margin on Russia's Artem Chernousov, the runner-up, and closed on 198.4 points.

Though Russia's Anton Zanin had first taken the lead, Kindig then overcame him, and stayed in first till the end.

A 10.3 had temporarily given Italy's Dario Di Martino second place, but Chernousov quickly took it back.

Chernousov won the silver (196.2), and Di Martino settled for the bronze medal (176.7).

In the team event, Zanin and Chernousov's efforts were more profitable -- Russia won the gold, also thanks to Evgeniu Borovoi's contribution. The team's final score was 1730 - 42x.

Di Martino's Italy came in second, 24 points and three inner tens behind Russia. Alessio Torracchi
and Fabrizio Lapenda also helped their country reach the silver (1706 - 39x).

India took the bronze (1702 - 32x) -- thanks to Achal Pratap GrewalArjun Das, and Anmol Anmol.

Women's 10m Air Pistol

Two Russian athletes took over the women's 10m Air Pistol --Vitalina Batsarashkina won the gold as she beat her teammate Margarita Lomova, the silver medalist, by a 4.7-point margin.

After Batsarashkina took the lead from Lomova, she never lost it. In the last four rounds, Batsarashkina always shot at least 10.3. She closed on 200.2 points.

Latvia's Agate Rasmane took the bronze (171.1) -- her career's first medal.

France's Mathilde Lamolle, a Junior World Champions last year in Granada, came in fourth (155.1).

Lamolle was leading the scoreboard after the first series, with 30.1 points. Then she hit a 7.7 in her eighth shot, which made her slip down to fifth place. She then caught up partially, as she hit two 10.7s, but that wasn't enough.

Batsarashkina and Lomova's scores gave Russia the team gold too. Daria Lopatina was the third athlete who helped her country take first place (1135 - 34x).

India scored 1135 points too, but ended up in second because it hit less inner tens than Russia -- just 27. Yashaswini Singh Deswal
Shreya Gawande, and Gauri Sheoran celebrated their country's silver medal.

Carina Wimmer, Josefin Eder, and Michelle Skeries added up to 1127 points and 26 inner tens -- a score that gave the team bronze to Germany.
Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions

Germany's second individual gold came in the women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions, as Lehrich beat Nikola Foistova of the Czech Republic by a mere 0.1 points in the final.

France's Judith Gomez was in the lead during the kneeling series. But in the prone series, Lehrich overcame Gomez -- who then ended up in fourth.

Lehrich never lost the lead, and closed her match on 454.1 points -- just 0.1 more than Foistova, the silver medalist.

Switzerland's Vanessa Hofstetter claimed the bronze medal (442.9).

Hofstetter celebrated twice, as Switzerland won the team gold too. Her teammates Marina Boesiger and Nadja Kueblercontributed, respectively, 581 and 567 points. That added up to the country's winning total score -- 1736 - 75x.

This event gave Germany the second team medal in a row. Lehrich teamed up with Luisa Guenther and Yasmin Schulzeto win the silver medal (1736 - 72x).

The Republic of Korea took the bronze (1723 - 54x) -- thanks to Kim JeheeJoo Hyunji, and Cho Eun Young.

Find out more about the 2015 ISSF Junior Cup in Suhl on our websiteFacebookInstagram, and Twitter profiles. Join the conversation and use the hashtag #jcsuhl15.

Watch the finals live via the ISSF TV streaming page.

Posted by Thom Erik Syrdahl
Source = ISSF  Website