World Cup Munich
By Jessica Delos Reyes and Lauren Phillips Media & Public Relations Manager and Media Intern
Pistol Athletes Win Two Olympic Quotas, McPhail Gold Again in Munich
McPhail won his second gold medal in two weeks at the ISSF World Cup in Munich, Germany while Keith Sanderson and Lydia Paterson secure Pistol quotas
At only 18 years old, Lydia
Paterson (Kansas City, Kan- sas) has solidifi ed herself as a world-class pistol ath- lete by earning an Olympic Quota in Women’s Air Pistol at the International Shoot- ing Sports Federation (ISSF)
son also earns USA Shoot- ing’s fi rst quota in the event since four-time Olympian Rebecca Snyder did so back in 2005 prior to the 2008 Olympic Games. Other strong perfor- mances in the Pistol events
putting him in last place. He would build momentum throughout the Final, how- ever, was unable to catch eventual gold medalist Christian Reitz of Germany. Brown, following an im- pressive seventh-place fi n-
“It fi nally worked out,”
McPhail told the ISSF. “After waiting for fi ve years, luck got on my side a little bit and now I won two gold medals in a row. I’ve been close a lot of times. I changed my fi rearm, and the custom one that I’m using now shoots re- ally well! That’s the biggest
Michael McPhail (center) pictured with Men’s Prone silver medal- ist Cyril Graff (left) of France and bronze medalist Vitali Bubnovich (right) of Belarus.
Photo by: ISSF Photographers
difference. I’m pretty happy, because the Fort Benning gold was for the quota, and this one’s for me.” Through fi ve of seven
World Cup in Munich, Ger- many. Paterson won the quota
by scoring a 386/400 and placing eighth in the Wom- en’s Air Pistol Final, the high- est U.S. fi nish in this event internationally since 2012 Olympian Sandra Uptagrafft made Finals and fi nished eighth at the 2010 ISSF World Championship. Pater-
included Keith Sanderson (Colorado Springs, Colo- rado) and Will Brown (Twin Falls, Idaho). Sanderson won silver in Men’s Rapid Fire Pistol, claiming the fi rst Olympic quota for this event. Sanderson qualifi ed for the last spot in the Final with a score of 580. In the Final, Sanderson struggled off the fi rst series with just one hit,
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ish at the World Cup in Fort Benning, Georgia, placed fourth in Men’s Free Pistol. On the Rifl e side, Michael McPhail (USAMU/Darling- ton, Wisconsin) also won his second consecutive gold medal in Men’s Prone and Amy Sowash (Richmond, Kentucky) fi nished in eighth place in Women’s Three-Po- sition Rifl e.
Olympic quota-qualifying competitions, the USA Shooting Team has earned nine of the 20 quotas (two per 10 events) available in Rifl e/Pistol: Men’s Prone Rifl e (2), Men’s Air Rifl e (1), Women’s Air Rifl e (1), Wom- en’s Three-Position Rifl e (1), Women’s Air Pistol (1), Men’s Air Pistol (1), Men’s Free Pistol (1) and Men’s Rapid Fire Pistol(1).
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