World Cup returns to Osijek after four years

The Shooting Para Sport action returns to the familiar surroundings of Osijek, as the second World Cup of 2023 prepares to get underway.

With this being the last World Cup before the Lima 2023 World Championships, not only is this an opportunity to get places secured for the Worlds…it’s also a qualification competition for the 2024 Paralympic Games.

Here’s what we can expect… 

Welcome to Osijek!

It’s been four years since the action was last in Osijek, and we are assured of some huge moments once again! Having held World Cup events in 2015, 2017 and 2019, a regular stop on the Shooting Para Sport circuit returns and with it will come the very best in the business.

The medals are first up for grabs this Friday, with R1, R2, R4 and P3 the first to be contended for. And it’s an event that guarantees six whole days of world-class action, meaning you won’t want to miss a second. 

Athletes from 35 nations will be vying for the medals, and among them come those who soar at the top of the international field. 

Iryna Schetnik, one of the absolute stars of the 2022 Shooting Para Sport World Championships is once again a name to watch out for. A Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist, Schetnik starred in Al Ain with two silver medals and one gold to firmly put herself as a name to know.

And once again, there is a very strong contingent from the Indian team heading for Osijek. Tokyo 2020 Paralympic champion Manish Narwal comes into this off the back of a world record making performance at the last World Cup. He fired 229.1 in the P4 Mixed 50m Pistol SH1, overcoming the likes of Sareh Javenmardi and Oleksii Densiuk in the process. 

Elsewhere from the Indian contingent, the iconic Avani Lekhara will be on-site along with the likes of Nihal Singh and Pooja Agarwal, and the team will hope to be right amongst the medals come the end of competition. 

Veronika Vadovicova has won it all in her career, and more medals will be on her to-do list again this week. The Slovakian was in typically sensational form at the Worlds. 

Ager Solabarrieta of Spain is another Worlds great who will compete this week, as well as names including Korea’s Jo Jeongdu and Turkey’s Aysel Ozgan. 

How to follow Osijek 2023

We will be bringing the best of the action across our social media pages! Follow us across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to see the very best imagery from the week. 

What’s next?

To the Worlds! Held from 19-29 September, the Shooting Para Sport World Championships head to Lima, Peru for what is always exhilarating few days in the sunshine. And following that there are three huge events to close out the year. 

With the Asian Para Games and the Parapan American Games, the best of those continents will be determined before an end-of-year return to Al Ain for the final World Cup of the year.