USA Shooting Athletes Seek Golden Targets At 2021 ISSF President’s Cup For Shotgun

by
posted on October 19, 2021
cyprus-issf-1.jpg

Team USA's Vincent Hancock, Amber English, Kayle Browning, Maddy Bernau and Austen Smith will be in Larnaca, Cyprus, this week to compete at the 2021 ISSF President’s Cup Shotgun (World Cup Finals) from October 19-24. A competition limited to the top 12 shooters in the world for both men’s and women’s trap and skeet, they will compete for the prestigious “Golden Target” or “Best Athlete of the Year” award. In addition to the coveted Golden Target Award, individual winners in each discipline will receive a $15,000 prize. The total prize purse is $859,200.

Vincent Hancock, Amber English, Kayle Browning, Maddy Bernau and Austen Smith will compete at the 2021 ISSF President’s Cup Shotgun.


For Vincent Hancock, the three-time Olympic Skeet Champion, the 2021 President's Cup marks his eighth consecutive showing. He’s placed second in six out of his seven previous President’s Cup appearances, and is looking for a first place win hot on the heels of his Olympic gold medal in Tokyo.

Amber English, the second half of USA Shooting's Olympic skeet sweep in Tokyo, will make her fourth President’s Cup appearance this week. In 2019, she finished third at the event, her highest President’s Cup finish to date.

Kayle Browning, who finished sixth at the ISSF President’s Cup Shotgun in 2012, will shoot for gold nine years later with a Tokyo Olympics silver medal in Women’s Trap to her name.

Tokyo 2020 Olympic bronze medalist Maddy Bernau and Olympian Austen Smith will make their President’s Cup debut in the Women’s Trap and Women’s Skeet events this week.

With Team USA coming off its most successful Olympic Games since 1964, the shotgun team aims to capitalize on the momentum from Tokyo and showcase their supremacy in the shotgun disciplines, as well as compete for a share of the $859,200 prize purse.

Learn more at USAShooting.org and ISSF-sports.org.

Lead photo: Amber English training in Tokyo prior to the 2020 Olympic Games. Photo courtesy of USA Shooting.


Read more: What’s In Your Range Bag, Allison Zane?

Latest

2014 Nra World Shooting Champ 1
2014 Nra World Shooting Champ 1

Classic SSUSA: The Inaugural NRA World Shooting Championship

Begin with 159 world champions, run them through 11 shooting stages, all with standard guns provided by the match sponsors, and you end up with a new trophy and $50,000 awarded to the inaugural NRA World Shooting Champion.

Legends: Sue Ann Sandusky 1952-2024

The shooting sports community mourns the loss of Sue Ann Sandusky, a three-time NRA All-American, Army veteran and Distinguished service rifle shooter, who sadly passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024.

Gunwerks Spike Feet Set Designed To Improve Grip And Add Stability In Uneven Terrain

This new set of spike feet for the Gunwerks Elevate 2.0 bipod promises to maintain a solid grip in tough terrain.

XS Sights Expands DXT2 Pro Series, R3D 2.0 Lineup For SIG Sauer, Smith & Wesson, Springfield Armory And FN Pistols

XS Sights adds models to the DXT2 Pro Series and R3D 2.0 lineups that will fit SIG Sauer, Smith & Wesson, Springfield Armory and FN pistols.

Modern Technology Implemented To Surmount Logistical Hurdles: 1958 National Matches

The more than 4,000 shooters at the 1958 NRA National Matches were greeted by advanced technology used to speed up administrative tasks during the most populous period in National Match history.

Looking Back At The 2009 NRA National High Power Championship

With a single X-shot determining the winner of a 300-yard shoot-off and a surprise at the awards ceremony, the 2009 NRA High Power Rifle matches held everyone’s attention right to the end.

Interests



Get the best of Shooting Sports USA delivered to your inbox.