By Gary Anderson

August 19 - Competitors at the IPC Shooting World Cup in BangkokThe fourth International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting World Cup in Bangkok saw shooters from South Korea dominate the event, taking 22 of the 42 medals available as 140 athletes from 20 countries battled it out.

There were also notable performances from Ukrainian competitors who bagged three gold medals during the tournament, but it was the South Koreans who proved the most accurate, emerging with a total of six top spot finishes.

Home shooter Bordin Sornsriwichai suffered the most at the hands of his South Korean counterparts as he had to settle for two silver medals behind Youngkyun Seo and Juhee Lee.

Seo won the men's P1 10 metre air pistol SH1 competition while compatriot Lee compounded Bordin's misery by taking gold in the mixed P4 50m class with a total score of 541.0.

Juyoung Kang emerged on top in the mixed R4 10m air rifle standing SH2 class, finishing ahead of Ukrainian Vasyl Kovalchuk with a score of 632.0.

However, Kovalchuk was not to be denied in the mixed R5 10m air rifle prone SH2 and R9 mixed 50m rifle prone SH2 events as the London 2012 champion fired his way to victory.

Paralympic champioon Veronika Vadovicova of Slovakia won a gold and silver at IPC Shooting World Cup in BangkokParalympic champion Veronika Vadovicova of Slovakia won a gold and silver at the IPC Shooting World Cup in Bangkok
























Kovalchuk's compatriot Olga Mustafaieva bagged another gold for the Ukraine in the women's P2 10m air pistol SH1 as she finished ahead of Ahn Kyounghee and Kim Younmi of South Korea.

There was a South Korean one-two in the men's R1 10m air rifle standing SH1 as Lee Seungchul took gold ahead of Park Jinho with Great Britain's Owen Burke taking bronze.

Beijing 2008 champion Veronika Vadovicova halted the dominance of the South Koreans in the women's R2 10m air rifle standing SH1, emerging on top ahead of Kang Myungsoon and Lee Yunri, however the Slovakian had to settle for second spot behind Lee Yunri in the R8 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 final.

The UAEs Abdulla Alaryani followed up his London 2012 gold with another in BangkokThe United Arab Emirates' Abdulla Alaryani followed up his London 2012 gold with another in Bangkok


























In the men's R7 50m 3 positions final, Abdulla Alaryani followed up his gold at London 2012 with victory here, while John Joss of the USA added to his win at the IPC Shooting event in Turkey earlier this year with victory in the mixed R3 10m air rifle prone SH1 class.

Sweden's Joackim Norberg finished ahead of Scandinavian neighbour Bjorn Morten Hagen of Norway in the P5 10m air pistol standard SH1, while Brazil's Geraldo Rosenthal finished just ahead of Vonnie Kohne of South Africa in the mixed P3 25m pistol SH1 final.

The final competition in Bangkok saw the South Korean dominance re-exerted as Shim Youngjip headed the standings in the mixed R6 50m rifle prone SH1 event, with teammates Kim Haksun and Sim Jae Yong second and third respectively.

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