SPORT EXPLANATORY BROCHURE Shooting Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee We have made every effort to ensure that the information contained in this brochure is accurate and up-to-date at the time of publication. Noting that this brochure involves so many aspects and changes may occur as the Games is drawing near, delegations are advised to refer to Nanjing 2 0 1 4 official website, and check with Event Information Center located at YOV and sport information desks located at venues for updates and detailed information not included in this brochure. About the Sport Explanatory Brochures The Sport Explanatory Brochures you are reading offer an introduction to each sport at the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games, Nanjing 2014, as well as providing information on some other key issues that may be of interest and importance to all participating teams. Each Brochure is divided into several topics: Sport-specific information on subjects such as the competition format and schedule, training and qualification system. Key contacts. All information contained in this Explanatory Brochure was correct at the time of compilation. However, please note that certain details may change between our compilation and the Games. NOCs are advised to check the official website of the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games, Nanjing 2014 for updates. Wish you a pleasant stay in Nanjing! Contents 1. Key Contacts……………………………………………………………… 1 2. Key Dates & Activities…………………………………………………… 2 3. Events and Quotas… …………………………………………………… 2 4. Qualification System … ………………………………………………… 3 5. Qualification timeline… ………………………………………………… 5 6. Competition Format……………………………………………………… 6 7. Competition Rules & Procedures……………………………………… 6 8. Equipment & Clothing…………………………………………………… 7 9. Doping Control …………………………………………………………… 7 10. Competition Venue… ………………………………………………… 8 11. Competition Schedule by Event & Session… …………………… 8 12. Games-Time Training ………………………………………………… 10 13. Medals… ………………………………………………………………… 11 14. Victory Ceremonies… ………………………………………………… 11 1. Key Contacts 1.1 INTERNATIONAL SHOOTING SPORT FEDERATION (ISSF) President :Mr. Olegario Vazquez Rana(Mexico) Secretary General :Mr. Franz Schreiber(Germany) Address Mailing :Bavariaring 21, D-80336 München Germany Tel :+ 49 89 544 355 0 Fax :+ 49 89 544 355 44 Email :[email protected] Website :www.issf-sports.org 1.2 CHINESE SHOOTING ASSOCIATION (CSA) President: Feng Jianzhong Secretary General: Yu Haijuan Address: A3.Futiansi, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100144, China Tel: +86 10 8896 3931 Fax: +86 10 8896 4197 Email: [email protected] 1.3 YOG IF CONTACT PERSON Name: Mr. Franz Schreiber(Germany) Email: [email protected] 1.4 EVENT DELEGATE Name: Mr. Jörg Brokamp(Germany) Mailing Address: German Shooting Sport Federation Lahnstrasse 120; 65195 Wiesbaden Germany Tel: +49 611 4680 7 23/29 Fax: +49 611 46807 60 1 Email: [email protected] 1.5 COMPETITION MANAGEMENT Competition Manager :Yu Haijuan Tel :+86 135 2127 4646 Fax :+86 10 8896 4197 Email :[email protected] Assistant Competition Manager: Wang Yunxia Tel :+86 156 5186 9999 Email :[email protected] 2. Key Dates & Activities Date Time Activities Site Aug,14 TBD Official Draw Fangshan Shooting Hall Aug,16 10:00 Technical Meeting Fangshan Shooting Hall 3. Events and Quotas 3.1 Events MEN’S EVENTS (2) WOMEN’S EVENTS (2) MIXED EVENTS (2) 10m Air Rifle Men – 60 shots 10m Air Rifle Women – 40 shots 10m Air Rifle Mixed Teams 10m Air Pistol Men – 60 shots 10m Air Pistol Women – 40 shots 10m Air Pistol Mixed Teams 3.2 Quota 2 CATEGORY QUALIFICATION PLACES HOST COUNTRY PLACES UNIVERSALITY PLACES TOTAL Men 27 1 12 40 Women 27 1 12 40 TOTAL 54 2 24 80 3.3 MAXIMUM QUOTA PER NOC Men 2 (1 per event) Women 2 (1 per event) TOTAL 4 4. Qualification System 4.1 ATHLETE ELIGIBILITY Athletes who are born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1999 are eligible to participate in the shooting events of the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games. Only eligible athletes can obtain Minimum Qualification Scores (MQS) results or quota places. 4.1.1 MINIMUM QUALIFICATION SCORES (MQS) All athletes, including candidates for NOC Universality Places, must obtain a YOG MQS to be entered by their NOC in the shooting events of the Youth Olympic Games. MQS must be obtained in ISSF Championships or in ISSF designated competitions approved by the ISSF Executive Committee. MQS scores must be obtained between 1 April 2013 and 8 June 2014. YOG MQS for shooting are (for 10m Air Rifle YOG MQS are listed in decimal scoring as well): 10m Air Rifle (AR) – 60 shots 552 / 580.0 10m Air Rifle (AR) – 40 shots 368 / 385.0 10m Air Pistol (AP) – 60 shots 540 10m Air Pistol (AP) – 40 shots 355 4.1.2 GENERAL RULES FOR QUALIFYING COMPETITIONS YOG quota places must be earned in designated qualifying competitions that will take place between 1 April 2013 and 8 June 2014. Those competitions must consist of a qualification and a final 3 round. The appropriate ISSF Technical Rules must apply. The maximum number of entries per ISSF National Federation at any event of a qualifying competition is three (3) participants per event. 4.2 Qualification System 4.2 .1 QUALIFICATION PATHWAY A total of 80 quota places in total will be distributed according to the following qualification procedure: One quota place is one starting position for the Youth Olympic Games. Each eligible athlete who obtains one of the following IF quotas in a Continental Qualifying Competition event obtains one starting position for his or her NOC in the Youth Olympic Games. AR 40 AP40 AR60 AP60 TOTAL Host Country 1 - - 1 2 Africa 1 1 1 1 4 America 2 2 2 2 8 Asia 3 4 4 3 14 Europe 6 6 6 6 24 Oceania 1 1 1 1 4 Universality Places 6 6 6 6 24 Total 20 20 20 20 80 Eligible athletes (one quota place only per athlete) can obtain qualification places in each of the four (4) events in Continental Qualifying Competitions that are organised between 1 April 2013 and 8 June 2014. Continental Qualifying Competitions must have YOG qualifying events where all participating athletes are born in 1996, 1997, 1998 or 1999 (YOG Shooting Youth Category). Qualifying Competitions may take place during Continental Championships or in other specially designated competitions as proposed by the Continental Confederation and approved by the ISSF Executive Committee. 4 IF quotas will be awarded according to the final ranking in each qualifying event in a Continental Qualifying Competition. A qualification place can be obtained only if the athlete’s qualification score is equal to or higher than the MQS. 4.3 HOST COUNTRY REPRESENTATION The host country will be directly qualified in two (2) events as follows, provided its selected athletes have obtained a YOG MQS: One (1) Quota Place in 10m Air Rifle Women One (1) Quota Place in 10m Air Pistol Men 4.4 UNIVERSALITY PLACES To be eligible to receive Universality Places, athletes must comply with the eligibility criteria as defined under point 4.1 of this document. 24 places will be allocated, pending that the technical level allows it. 5. Qualification timeline DATE / LOCATION MILESTONE March 2013 Validation of final allocation of Universality Places by YOG Tripartite Commission 1 April 2013–8 June 2014 YOG 2014 qualification period Oceania Championship, Oceania YOG Qualification for 29 November–5 December 2013 quota places in Sydney, AUS 17-26 February 2014 African Championship, Africa YOG Qualification for quota places in Cairo, EGY 26 February–6 March 2014 European Championship 10m, Europe YOG Qualification for quota places in Moscow, RUS 7–13 March 2014 Asian Championship 10m, Asia YOG Qualification for quota places in Kuwait City, KUW 26 March–4 April 2014 ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol, America YOG Qualification for quota places in Fort Benning, GA, USA 8 June 2014 ISSF will inform National Federations and NOCs concerning the qualification places they have obtained. 5 DATE / LOCATION MILESTONE 8 June 2014 the NOCs must provide the ISSF with preliminary confirmation of their intention to use the qualification place(s). 29 June 2014 ISSF will release final accepted qualification places. 8 July 2014 Entries deadline by name for all sports 16 – 28 August 2014 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games – Nanjing 2014 6. Competition Format The Youth Olympic Shooting events comprise two Men Junior events two Women Junior events and two Mixed team events with a range of airguns. All individual events consist of qualification and final phase. Mixed events consist of qualification and elimination phase. 40 men and 40 women will participate in individual events respectively and 20 pairs mixed men and women will participate in mixed team events. Shooting competition of Nanjing 2014 will be held in Fangshan Shooting Hall on August 17- 22, 2014. Upon the confirmation of IOC and ISSF, 80 athletes at a maximum will compete in the Shooting events at the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games. 6.1 Official Draw Official Draw will be held on Aug 14,2014 before shooting events by ISSF. 7. Competition Rules & Procedures Shooting events of Nanjing 2014 will be held in accordance with the ISSF Rules and Regulations and the Olympic Charter which is in force at the time of the competition. 6 Pursuant to the Olympic Charter, ISSF assumes the responsibility for the technical control and direction of shooting events at the Youth Olympic Games. 7.1 CODE OF ACT Shooting events of Nanjing 2014 will be conducted under the ISSF Rules and Regulations. 7.2 APPEALS & PROTESTS In accordance with the ISSF Rules and Regulations, events have specific protest/appeal times. Results will be final upon the confirmation of chief referee. 8. Equipment & Clothing Equipment used or clothing worn by athletes and other participants at the Youth Olympic Games Shooting competition must comply with the ISSF Constitution and Technical Rules and with the Bye-Law to Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter. 9. Doping Control The Nanjing 2014 Anti-doping team will plan and implement the YOG Doping Control Programme in accordance with the World AntiDoping Code, IOC Anti-Doping Rules and other related international standards. The Doping Control Programme will specify the anti-doping activities to be conducted during the Games-time, including notification procedures, sample collection, storage and transport to the laboratory of China Anti-Doping Agency accredited by WADA. The Programme is aimed at maintaining the dignity of the Olympic Movement and protecting athletes' fundamental right to participate 7 in clean sports, so as to promote the health, justice and equality of athletes in sports events. The test biological specimens, including urine and blood samples, will be collected from selected athletes from the date of YOV official opening to the date of the Closing Ceremony of Nanjing 2014 (12 August to 28 August 2014). All samples will be sent to the laboratory of China Anti-Doping Agency for analysis. 10. Competition Venue Name Distance to YOV Driving Time Seats Capacity Fangshan Shooting Hall (FSS) 27km 40min 250 11. Competition Schedule by Event & Session Shooting Sport, Youth Olympic Games Nanjing 2014 Day -2 Thursday, 14.08.2014 09:00-16:00 Equipment Control 09:00-16:00 Official scheduled Training (10m Air Pistol and 10m Air Rifle) Day -1 Friday, 15.08.2014 09:00-16:00 Equipment Control 09:00-16:00 Official scheduled Training (10m Air Pistol and 10m Air Rifle) Day 0 Saturday, 16.08.2014 09:00-15:00 Equipment Control 09:00-10:30 Official scheduled Training (10m Air Pistol and 10m Air Rifle) 8 11:00-11:40 Pre-Event Training 10m Air Pistol Women Junior 10:00 Technical Meeting Day 1 Sunday, 17.08.2014 08:45 Session SH01 09:00-09:50 Q+F Finals 10m Air Pistol Women Junior 11:45 Award Ceremony 10m Air Pistol Women Junior 13:00-14:00 Pre-Event Training 10m Air Pistol Men Junior Monday, 18.08.2014 08:45 Session SH02 09:00-10:15 Preparation Time 10m Air Pistol Men Junior Qualification 10m Air Pistol Men Junior 11:15 Finals 10m Air Pistol Men Junior 12:00 Award Ceremony 10m Air Pistol Men Junior 13:00-13:40 Pre-Event Training 10m Air Rifle Women Junior Day 3 Tuesday, 19.08.2014 08:45 Session SH03 09:00-09:50 Q+F Qualification 10m Air Pistol Women Junior 11:00 Day 2 Q+F Preparation Time 10m Air Pistol Women Junior Preparation Time 10m Air Rifle Women Junior Qualification 10m Air Rifle Women Junior 11:00 Finals 10m Air Rifle Women Junior 11:45 Award Ceremony 10m Air Rifle Women Junior 13:00-14:00 Pre-Event Training 10m Air Rifle Men Junior 15:00-15:40 Pre-Event Training 10m Air Pistol International Mixed Team Day 4 Wednesday, 20.08.2014 08:45 Session SH04 09:00-10:15 Q+F Preparation Time 10m Air Rifle Men Junior Qualification 10m Air Rifle Men Junior 11:15 Finals 10m Air Rifle Men Junior 12:00 Award Ceremony Air Rifle Men Junior 9 Day 4 Wednesday, 20.08.2014 13:00 Session SH05 13:15-14:05 Q + 1/8 F 15:00-15:30 Preparation Time 10m Air Pistol International Mixed Team Qualification 10m Air Pistol International Mixed Team Round of 16 10m Air Pistol International Mixed Team 16:00-16:40 Pre-Event Training 10m Air Rifle International Mixed Team Day 5 Thursday, 21.08.2014 08:45 Session SH06 09:00-09:45 1/4 F + F Quarterfinal 10m Air Pistol International Mixed Team 11:00 Finals Matches 10m Air Pistol International Mixed Team 12:15 Award Ceremony 10m Air Pistol International Mixed Team 13:30 Preparation Time 10m Air Rifle International Mixed Team Session SH07 13:45-14:35 Q + 1/8 F Preparation Time 10m Air Pistol International Mixed Team 15:30-16:00 Qualification 10m Air Rifle International Mixed Team Round of 16 10m Air Rifle International Mixed Team Day 6 Friday, 22.08.2014 08:45 Session SH08 09:00-09:45 1/4 F + F Preparation Time 10m Air Rifle International Mixed Quarterfinal 10m Air Rifle International Mixed Team 11:00 Finals Matches 10m Air Rifle International Mixed Team 12:15 Award Ceremony 10m Air Rifle International Mixed Team Q = Qualification F = Final *The event schedule is subject to change in accordance with the final entries. 12. Games-Time Training 12.1 TRAINING VENUE Name Distance to YOV Driving Time Fangshan Shooting Hall (FSS) 27km 40min 10 Seats Capacity 12.2 TRAINING POLICIES Training facilities will be provided for all athletes from 14 August 2014 to 22 August 2014. Pre-competition training will be allocated under the control of training venue supervisor. Training during competition will be allocated under the control of International Shooting Range officer. The booking of training sessions will be conducted at Event Information Desk located at Event Information Center of YOV or Athletes Information Desk in the venue. 13. Medals The top three winners in the finals will each receive a Gold medal, Silver medal and Bronze medal respectively. 14. Victory Ceremonies Victory Ceremonies will be held in accordance with the requirements of the YOG Event Manual of the IOC. The Victory Ceremonies will be held following the completion of each event final on the Field of Play (FOP). Medallists will be invited onto a podium to receive the medals and the mascots in the sequence of the bronze, silver, and gold medallists. At the Ceremony, the anthem of the NOC of the gold medallist will be played; and meanwhile the flags of the NOC of the medallists will be raised. The Olympic flag and anthem will be used for the mixed NOC team events. 11