{"id":3024,"date":"2012-03-06T13:38:03","date_gmt":"2012-03-06T13:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=3024"},"modified":"2012-03-06T13:38:03","modified_gmt":"2012-03-06T13:38:03","slug":"zhu-qinan-and-olena-kostevych-elected-as-best-shooter-of-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=3024","title":{"rendered":"Zhu Qinan and Olena Kostevych  elected as best shooter of 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Munich:<\/strong> China\u2019s Rifle shooter <a href=\"component\/search\/?searchword=Zhu+Qinan&amp;ordering=&amp;searchphrase=all\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/component\/search\/?searchword=Zhu+Qinan&amp;ordering=&amp;searchphrase=all\">Zhu Qinan<\/a> and Ukraine\u2019s Pistol shooter Olena Kostevych have been elected as the \u201c2011 Shooters of the Year\u201d in male and female category respectively by a panel of international sport press representatives and by the members of the ISSF Athletes and the Coaches Committees.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s Zhu Qinan, 27, an Olympic Champion of Athens 2004, winner of an Olympic Silver medal in 2008, has been the best 10m Air Rifle Men shooter for years now. Qinan who started his international sport career in 2003 won a total of 20 ISSF World Cup awards, and finished on six different <a href=\"component\/search\/?searchword=ISSF+World+Cup+Final&amp;ordering=&amp;searchphrase=all\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/component\/search\/?searchword=ISSF+World+Cup+Final&amp;ordering=&amp;searchphrase=all\">ISSF World Cup Final<\/a> podiums.. <\/p>\n<p>During the 2011 season, Zhu switched to the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men event, proving to be a great marksman also on the new distance by winning two ISSF World Cup Golds in Sydney (AUS) and Fort Benning (USA). <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis award will motivate me to do more and to do it better. \u2013 The Chinese ace shooter Zhu commented about being voted \u201cShooter of the Year\u201d &#8211; I will be better inspired to push forward the development of my shooting.\u201d he was quoted saying to the issf.com<br \/> \u201cI want to win another Olympic Gold in London, that\u2019s my goal, and I want to win it in a different competition: the 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men event,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s <a href=\"component\/search\/?searchword=Olena+Kostevych&amp;ordering=&amp;searchphrase=all\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/component\/search\/?searchword=Olena+Kostevych&amp;ordering=&amp;searchphrase=all\">Olena Kostevych<\/a>, 26, the 10m Air Pistol Women Olympic Champion of Athens 2004, won \u201cShooter of the Year\u201d for the second time in her career.\u00a0 She won her first ISSF World Cup in the year 2002 at the age of 16.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Munich:<\/strong> China\u2019s Rifle shooter <a href=\"component\/search\/?searchword=Zhu+Qinan&amp;ordering=&amp;searchphrase=all\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/component\/search\/?searchword=Zhu+Qinan&amp;ordering=&amp;searchphrase=all\">Zhu Qinan<\/a> and Ukraine\u2019s Pistol shooter Olena Kostevych have been elected as the \u201c2011 Shooters of the Year\u201d in male and female category respectively by a panel of international sport press representatives and by the members of the ISSF Athletes and the Coaches Committees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[1611,1610,1609],"class_list":["post-3024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world-shooting-news","tag-issf-world-cup-final","tag-olena-kostevych","tag-zhu-qinan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zhu Qinan and Olena Kostevych elected as best shooter of 2011 - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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