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Azerbaijan wins shooting World Cup Great Britain

31 March 2014 13:42 (UTC+04:00)
Azerbaijan wins shooting World Cup Great Britain

By Nigar Orujova

Azerbaijan's athletes won the 2014 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting World Cup Great Britain.

The national team including Kamran Zeynalov, Akper Muradov, and Elshan Mammadov score 1661 points in pistol shooting at a distance of 10 meters at the first shooting world cup this year.

Moreover, Azerbaijan's Yelena Taranova earned silver medal at the same event by scoring 195.6 points in final.

The competition was held in Stoke Mandeville city on March 26-28 attracting 103 athletes from 22 countries.

The event started the 2014 calendar ahead of the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships in Suhl, Germany, which will gather over 250 shooters from 45 countries on July 17-26.

The competition in Stoke Mandeville is also the first competition in the qualification period for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Earlier in 2013, Azerbaijani athletes broke world records at the 3rd IPC European Shooting Championship.

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