2015 Asian Shooting Championships
The 2015 Asian Shooting Championships was held in Kuwait between November 1 and November 12.[1] This tournament was supposed to be an Asian qualifying tournament for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. However, this qualification event lost its Rio Olymipics qualification status when the IOC suspended Kuwait NOC for government interference.[2]
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| Host city |  Kuwait City, Kuwait |
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| Dates | 1–12 November |
| Main venue | Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Shooting Complex |
Yair Davidovitz an Israeli International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) technical delegate, was slated to supervise the event in Kuwait for the ISSF in 2015.[3][4] Kuwait rejected the Israeli's visa for the 2015 Asian Shooting Championships which was originally the tournament that would offer Asian quotas for the 2016 Rio Olympics, and Davidovitz was backed by the International Olympic Committee and the ISSF, and the qualifiers were moved to New Delhi, India.[4][5] The IOC said:
"The decision comes after the designated technical delegate from the ISSF, Yair Davidovich (Israel), who was due to supervise the event on behalf of the ISSF, was denied a visa by the Kuwaiti Immigration Department. The denial of a visa is against the non-discrimination principle of the Olympic Charter."[6]
Medal summary
Men
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 m air pistol | Heena Sidhu India |
Otryadyn Gündegmaa Mongolia |
Kim Jang-mi South Korea |
| 10 m air pistol team | South Korea Han Yoo-jung Kim Jang-mi Oh Min-kyung |
 Chinese TaipeiTien Chia-chen Wu Chia-ying Yu Ai-wen |
 ChinaGuo Wenjun Zhang Mengxue Zhang Jingjing |
| 25 m pistol | Zhang Jingjing China |
Han Yoo-jung South Korea |
Cao Lijia China |
| 25 m pistol team | South Korea Han Yoo-jung Kim Jang-mi Koh Eun |
China Chen Ying Cao Lijia Zhang Jingjing |
Mongolia Taivanbaataryn Gantuul Otryadyn Gündegmaa Tsogbadrakhyn Mönkhzul |
| 10 m air rifle | Yi Siling China |
Du Li China |
Narjes Emamgholinejad Iran |
| 10 m air rifle team | China Du Li Yi Siling Zhang Binbin |
Iran Elaheh Ahmadi Narjes Emamgholinejad Mahlagha Jambozorg |
South Korea Im Ha-na Kim Hye-in Lee Seung-yeon |
| 50 m rifle prone | Zhanel Serikbayeva Kazakhstan |
Sununta Majchacheep Thailand |
Muslifah Zulkifli Malaysia |
| 50 m rifle prone team | Kazakhstan Yelizaveta Korol Zhanel Serikbayeva Violetta Starostina |
Thailand Sununta Majchacheep Ratchadaporn Plengsaengthong Supamas Wankaew |
China Chen Dongqi Du Li Zhang Binbin |
| 50 m rifle 3 positions | Chen Dongqi China |
Chuluunbadrakhyn Narantuyaa Mongolia |
Yoo Seo-young South Korea |
| 50 m rifle 3 positions team | China Chen Dongqi Du Li Zhang Binbin |
South Korea Jang Ha-na Kwon Na-ra Yoo Seo-young |
India Lajja Goswami Elizabeth Koshy Anjum Moudgil |
| Trap | Lin Yi-chun Chinese Taipei |
Ray Bassil Lebanon |
Liu Yingzi China |
| Trap team | China Deng Weiyun Liu Yingzi Zhu Jingyu |
South Korea Cho Seon-ah Kang Gee-eun Lee Bo-na |
Kazakhstan Anastassiya Davydova Mariya Dmitriyenko Oxana Sereda |
| Skeet | Isarapa Imprasertsuk Thailand |
Lin Piaopiao China |
Wei Ning China |
| Skeet team | Thailand Isarapa Imprasertsuk Sutiya Jiewchaloemmit Nutchaya Sutarporn |
China Lin Piaopiao Wei Meng Wei Ning |
Kuwait Afrah Adel Shaikhah Al-Rashidi Eman Al-Shamaa |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 13 | 7 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | China | 12 | 15 | 9 | 36 |
| 3 | Kuwait | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Thailand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | India | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Mongolia | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Iran | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 |  United Arab Emirates | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Lebanon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Philippines | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 |  Qatar | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 15 | Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 nations) | 36 | 36 | 36 | 108 | |
References
- "13th Asian Championship Kuwait City 10m AIR RIFLE WOMEN". results.sius.com. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
- "India Bids for Last Olympic Quota Event for Shooting". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
- India bids for last Olympic quota event for shooting - News18
- "'Israel would have never rejected a Kuwaiti's visa'". Times of India.
- "ISSF confirm New Delhi will host replacement Asian Olympic shooting qualifier". India Times.
- "Kuwait event stripped of Olympic status over Israeli ban". i24 news.