Cuban shooter Leuris Pupo invited to President's Cup in Poland

Édité par Ed Newman
2021-08-24 13:40:13

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Cuban shooter Leuris Pupo has been officially invited to the President's Cup of Pistol and Rifle Shooting, scheduled for November 3 to 10 in Krakow, Poland.

Havana, August 24 (RHC/JIT)-- Cuban shooter Leuris Pupo has been officially invited to the President's Cup of Pistol and Rifle Shooting, scheduled for November 3 to 10 in Krakow, Poland.

According to the national commissioner, Julio Fidel Hernandez, the runner-up in the 25-meter rapid fire pistol at the recent Olympic Games in Tokyo and his coach Meinardo Torres will participate in the prestigious event with the presence of the best 12 in the world ranking in eight modalities.

Pupo, winner of the gold medal in the London 2012 Olympic Games, appears after his silver medal in the third place of the ranking, which is why he has been announced on the website of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) among the 96 competitors entitled to attend.

The Cuban shooter climbed to that position with 3,500 points, second only to France's Jean Quiquampoix (6,250), a starter in the Japanese capital, and Germany's Christian Reitz (4,050), a gold medalist in the 2016 edition of Rio de Janeiro.

The others called up at ISSF's expense are Peeter Olesk (Estonia- 3 147), Yuehong Li (China- 3 000), Clement Bessaguet (France- 2 940), Oliver Geis (Germany- 2 740), Daeyoon Han (South Korea- 2 500), Leonid Ekimov (Russia- 2 290), Marko Carrillo (Peru- 2 290), Oskar Miliwek (Poland- 2 267), and Ozgur Varlik (Turkey- 2 193).

For this event, formerly known as the Finals Cup and held every four years, the 10-meter air rifle, three-position rifle, and 10-meter air pistol events were also chosen for each gender, in addition to the 25-meter pistol for women.

In other news of this sport, but in the area of America, the I Panamerican and V South American Championship announced for October 13 to 23 at the shooting range Cap. José Abelardo Quiñones of the Las Palmas air base in Lima, Peru.

 



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