SHOOTING: U.S. Shooting Team to Compete at Beijing World Cup April 12-20

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - (April 11, 2008) - Competition for the 2008 ISSF Beijing World Cup, which is the test event for the 2008 Olympic Games, kicks off April 12 and runs through April 20. The "Good Luck Beijing" 2008 ISSF World Cup will be held at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall and Beijing Shooting Range Clay-Target Field (CTF). This event is the only shooting competition where athletes will be able to test their shooting skills at the new Olympic shooting venues prior to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The Beijing Games will be held August 8-24, with the shooting portion of the competition taking place August 9-17. More than 1200 shooters from 92 countries are expected to compete in the Beijing World Cup, which makes this competition the largest shooting event ever in China. Thirty-five Olympians and Olympic hopefuls from the U.S. will be competing in 15 different men's and women's events during this nine day competition. U.S. Shooting Team Roster for the Beijing World Cup (Olympic Test Event): *Denotes the athletes who have qualified for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Rifle Mike Anti (Winterville, N.C.); Men's 3 Position Rifle *Matt Emmons (Browns Mills, N.J.); Men's Air Rifle, Prone Rifle, 3 Position Rifle Hank Gray (Belgrade, Mont.); Men's Prone Rifle, 3 Position Rifle Michael McPhail (Darlington, Wis.); Men's Prone Rifle, 3 Position Rifle *Jason Parker (Omaha, Neb.); Men's Air Rifle, 3 Position Rifle *Stephen Scherer (Billerica, Mass.); Men's Air Rifle Tom Tamas (Columbus, Ga.); Men's Prone Rifle Matt Wallace (Fairbanks, Alaska); Men's Air Rifle, Prone Rifle, 3 Position Rifle Jamie Beyerle (Lebanon, Pa.); Women's Air Rifle, 3 Position Rifle *Emily Caruso (Fairfield, Conn.); Women's Air Rifle Abigail Fong (New York, N.Y.); Women's Air Rifle, 3 Position Rifle Sandra Fong (New York, N.Y.); Women's Air Rifle, 3 Position Rifle Amanda Furrer (Spokane, Wash.); Women's 3 Position Rifle Amy Sowash (Richmond, Ky.); Women's Air Rifle, 3 Position Rifle Pistol Brian Beaman (Selby, S.D.); Men's Air Pistol, Free Pistol John Ennis (Simi Valley, Calif.); Men's Rapid Fire Pistol Keith Sanderson (San Antonio, Texas); Men's Rapid Fire Pistol Daryl Szarenski (Saginaw, Mich.); Men's Air Pistol, Free Pistol *Jason Turner (Rochester, N.Y.); Men's Air Pistol, Free Pistol Libby Callahan (Columbia, S.C.); Women's Air Pistol, Sport Pistol Brenda Shinn (Riverside, Calif.); Women's Air Pistol, Sport Pistol *Beki Snyder (Grand Junction, Colo.); Women's Air Pistol, Sport Pistol Shotgun *Bret Erickson (Bennington, Neb./Muenster, Texas); Men's Trap *Dominic Grazioli (San Antonio, Texas); Men's Trap John Mullins (Bremerton, Wash.); Men's Trap *Corey Cogdell (Eagle River, Alaska); Women's Trap Joetta Dement (Renton, Wash.); Women's Trap *Walton Glenn Eller (Katy, Texas); Men's Double Trap *Jeffrey Holguin (Yorba Linda, Calif.); Men's Double Trap Joshua Richmond (Hillsgrove, Pa.); Men's Double Trap *Vincent Hancock (Eatonton, Ga.); Men's Skeet *Sean McLelland (Mission, Texas); Men's Skeet Mark Weeks (Clinton Township, Mich.); Men's Skeet *Kimberly Rhode (El Monte, Calif.); Women's Skeet Haley Dunn (Eddyville, Iowa); Women's Skeet Please visit the following link on ISSF TV's website to access results throughout the event: http://www.issf.tv/issftv_table.aspx'mod=csdt,pane=10,inst=1,iist=828,collapse=results For a complete competition schedule, please visit http://www.issf-shooting.org/update/schedule.asp'id=828 Official"Good Luck Beijing"2008 ISSF World Cup Website: http://www.shooting2008.org/en/