9-22, in Ft. Benning, Ga., featur- ing a total of three courses of fi re and three separate fi nals. Team members will be determined based upon aggregate rank- ing from the three qualifi cation matches plus three fi nals. Junior Team slots will be de-
termined by two selection com- petitions featuring a total of four courses of fi re and three fi nals. The fi rst selection qualifi cation will be the National Junior Olym- pic Shooting Championships (NJOSC) in April. There will be two qualifi cation
matches and one fi nal conduct- ed in the Olympic Rifl e events Three-Position and Air Rifl e for Juniors. The points accumulated at NJOSC will carry forward to part two of the World Champion- ships selection for Junior Rifl e shooters at the USA Shooting National Championships in Ft. Benning, Ga., June 24-July 4. There will be two qualifi ca-
tion matches and two fi nals conducted in the Olympic Rifl e events Three-Position, Prone, and Air Rifl e for Juniors at Nation- als. NJOSC Points plus USASNC Points determine the ranking for Three-Position and Air Rifl e events. Prone will be seleted us- ing the USASNC total points only. For Non-Olympic Events, the
Team will be selected by one competition featuring a total of two courses of fi re at the 2014 USA Shooting National Champi- onships. All Non- Olympic events
women. Women’s Prone will be selected from the two courses of fi re at the 2014 USASNC.
Shotgun The ISSF has canceled the
Rio de Janeiro World Cup that was to be held in 2014. ISSF has recently reassigned this Cup to Beijing. These changes were not anticipated when the Selection policy was written. Ad- ditionally, Spain is now hosting a Grand Prix at Granada offering the opportunity to shoot on the World Championship ranges. The procedures following re- fl ect changes to our pro- gram and schedule. New ISSF
Finals have changed the game sig- nificantly creating a challeng e for selecting teams. Ath- letes selected to the teams must be able to demon- strate both high skill levels in the qualifi ca- tion and in the new fi nals. New elimination-style fi nals also take away any purely score-based system
formats. The World Championship
Team will be comprised of 15 open competitors (nine men, six women) and 15 junior shooters (nine junior male and six junior female shooters). The 2013 Fall Selection
Match selected athletes to par- ticipate in the 2014 World Cup USA in Tucson, Ariz., April 8-15. The event featured 300 targets over three days of competition and included one fi nal for open and juniors. Athletes received an aggregate ranking based up two
(1 or 2) being contested. Top three athletes earn berths on the World Championship Team and are eligible to participate at the Granada Grand Prix in addition to the Munich and Almaty World Cups. World Cup Teams will nor- mally be comprised of a team of 15 competitors, nine men and six women. Athletes fi nishing the selection in 4th through 6th place may self-fund to the Bei- jing World Cup. Any remaining World Cup slots will be selected by the National Shotgun Coach depending on funding and team
for
series of 150 targets each plus Finals points. The top three ath- letes shoot the fi rst 2014 World Cup with points carrying over to World Team Part II, which will be the upcom-
needs. No athletes will be se- lected fi nishing the selection process lower than sixth place.
ing Spring ranking athletes. slots
are self-funded. In the 300m, there will be two qualifi ca- tion matches conducted in the events of 3x40, 3x20, and Prone for Men. There will be two quali- fi cation matches conducted in the 3x20 and Prone events for
More pressure fi nals op-
portunities are needed so that athletes can continue to experi- ence and learn to be successful in the new formats. The Spring fi nals after the fi rst and second series of 125 mimic the World Cup and World Championship
Selection Match, March 13-23 in Kerrville, Texas. The 2014 Spring Selection
Match features 300 targets thrown over two series (150) plus two fi nals after each of the 150 targets. Qualifi cation (1-6) in each of the fi nals is based upon the actual series
2014 Rifl e & Pistol World Cups The Beijing World Cup will
be a self-funded event. National coaches will consider applica- tions to attend on a self-funded basis for athletes fi nishing at least sixth in the World Champi- onship Team selection process for the Olympic events.
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