accompanied Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medallists Zuzana Rehak and Fatima Galvez on the women’s trap podium Picture by Getty ImagesBy Anjishnu RoyAustralian shooters finished the ISSF Shotgun World Cup 2024 in Lonato Italy with one medal – Catherine Skinner’s bronze in the women’s trap event – on Wednesday shot 31 in the women’s trap final to finish third on the third day of the competition the reigning women’s trap Olympic champion won the gold medal at Lonato after shooting 45 while another Olympic champion The 34-year-old Aussie shooter, competing in the final shotgun World Cup of the year, shot 119 out of 125 targets to finish third in the qualifiers. World No. 1 Fatima Galvez finished second with the same score after winning a shoot-off. Zuzana Rehak topped the qualification rounds with a score of 124. In the final, Skinner and Galvez were tied for second place after the 6th place elimination before Galvez gradually pulled ahead to win the silver. Zuzana dominated the final from the start and took the gold. Australia’s James Willett also made it to the final of the men’s trap event in Lonato. However, he finished fifth in the final after shooting 24. Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist Matthew Coward-Holley of Great Britain won the gold medal with a score of 47. Former world champion Daniele Resca of Italy shot 45 to take the silver while Yu Haicheng of the People’s Republic of China settled for bronze with 34. Willett, a former world champion, recently won the men’s trap gold medal at the ISSF World Cup in Baku. Besides Skinner and Willett, Penny Smith and Mitchell Iles of Australia also competed in trap events but failed to progress to the final. Skeet shooters Joshua Bell and Aislin Jones couldn’t make it to the finals of their respective individual events. The duo also failed to make the medal round in the mixed team competition. 🥇","event":null,"destination_url":"","entry_point_tag":"base","entry_point_type":"instory_campaign"}" data-tracking="click" href="https://www.olympics.com/en/sign-in?entry_point_type=instory_campaign&entry_point_tag=base&template=base&origin=https%3A%2F%2Folympics.com%2Fen%2Folympic-channel" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Olympic Membership - Free Live Stream Sports & Original Series - join now including two-time Olympian Mairaj Ahmad Khan all six Indian skeet shooters competing on the day failed to win a medal at the Trap Concaverde Shooting Range in Italy shot a perfect round of 25 but finished seventh and missed out on a place in the six-woman final Dania Jo Vizzi of the USA claimed the sixth and final spot with a score of 121 in the qualifying round and went on to win the gold medal, defeating her compatriot Samantha Simonton 54-50 in the final. The People's Republic of China’s Jiang Yiting won bronze. Maheshwari Chauhan and Darshna Rathore, the other two Indians in the women’s skeet field, shot 114 and 104 to finish 32nd and 58th, respectively. In the men’s skeet, Anant Jeet Singh Naruka shot 119 for 48th place in a huge field of 158. Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Jesper Hensen of Denmark topped the field with a perfect 125. Reigning world champion Azmy Mehelba of Egypt and reigning Olympic champion Vincent Hancock of the USA, who took out Rio 2016 champion Gabrielle Rossetti of Italy in a shoot-off, also made the finals with scores of 123. India’s Gurjoat Khangura and two-time Olympian Mairaj Ahmad Khan shot scores of 116 and 112 to end in the 69th and 96th positions, respectively. Ganemat Sekhon-Anant Jeet Singh Naruka and Gurjoat Khangura-Darshna will be in action in the mixed skeet event on Thursday. #RoadToParis2024 #OlympicQualifiers #Shooting GET ALL THIS.Stream free live sport events Team USA’s Vincent Hancock and Austen Smith picked up a gold medal in the Skeet Mixed Team event at the 2024 ISSF Lonato World Cup on Tuesday The two USA Shooting shotgun athletes defeated the Kuwaiti team of Abdullah Alrashidi and Eman Al Shamaa in the Skeet Mixed Team final An article published to the International Shooting Sports Federation website described Hancock’s performance in the Skeet Mixed Team final as “almost flawless.” the team of Hancock and Smith led the 30-team field after winning the shoot-off entering the Skeet Mixed Team final in first place At last year’s ISSF World Championship, also held in Lonato, Italy, the duo of Vincent Hancock and Austen Smith secured the gold medal in the same event a three-time Men’s Skeet Olympic gold medalist will have the opportunity to win a fourth gold medal in the event at the upcoming Paris 2024 Games He previously won the event at the Beijing 2008 If he earns a fourth Men’s Skeet gold medal at the Paris 2024 Games Hancock will become only the sixth athlete in history (and the fourth American) to win the same individual Olympic event four times Additionally, the Skeet Mixed Team event will make its Olympic debut at the Paris 2024 Games. Vincent Hancock and Austen Smith will be competing in that event for a chance to earn another medal for the U.S although we are happy for medals in any appearances It’s a brand new event for the Olympics and we feel we are made for this event Men’s and Women’s Skeet teams are extremely strong We love shooting together and it’s such a pleasure to repeat our World Cup win here last year.” This isn’t the only hardware earned by Smith in Lonato this week Smith picked up a bronze medal in the Women’s Skeet event with a score of 45 of 60 targets The silver medalist was her USA Shooting teammate Dania Vizzi finishing only one point behind the gold-medal winner Team USA's Conner Prince earned silver in the Men’s Skeet final after hitting 53 of 60 targets walking away from the match only one point behind the gold medalist You can see the full results of the 2024 ISSF Lonato World Cup at the ISSF website Team Remington’s Madison Sharpe and Todd Hitch claim Main Event High Over All titles at 2025 U.S Magpul allows customizable sight picture selection by adding a hooded front sight variant to its MBUS Pro sight A short history of Winter Olympic Biathlon competition from 1960 to 1976 Highlights from the May 2025 issue of Shooting Sports USA Here’s a look at each product in the new MDT Nanoguard lineup A4 Autostrada Brescia-Padova informs that starting from 11:00 am of Monday 20 January 2025 and for a period of approximately 12 months the San Zeno Tunnel in Lonato del Garda will be closed to traffic for modernization works and adaptation of technological systems The closure will be structured as follows: Below are the alternative routes recommended by A4Autostrada Brescia-Padova and the relative distances: The complete news of A4Autostrada Brescia-Padova (in Italian only) Go to the Municipality website USA Shooting athlete Dania Vizzi walked away from the Women’s Skeet final at the 2024 ISSF Lonato World Cup with a silver medal after shooting 56 of 60 targets placing her in a three-way tie for first place with U.S teammate Austen Smith and Victoria Larsson of Sweden Vizzi won the subsequent shoot-off to enter the Women’s Skeet final in first place Vizzi claimed the silver medal after shooting 56 of 60 targets dropping a single target in each of the first four series Vizzi shoots the company’s AA International Team USA’s Austen Smith posted a podium finish in the Women’s Skeet event taking the bronze medal with 45 of 60 targets teammate and three-time Olympic gold medalist Vincent Hancock in the Mixed Team Skeet event Both Vizzi and Smith will compete for Team USA at the Paris 2024 Olympics in the Women’s Skeet and Mixed Team Skeet events with the latter making its Olympic Games debut this year Also competing in shotgun events at the Paris 2024 Games for Team USA this summer are Vincent Hancock Team USA secured more medals than any other country in competition with four medal total Besides Vizzi’s silver medal and Smith’s bronze in Women’s Skeet USA Shooting’s Conner Prince took the silver medal in Men’s Skeet while Vincent Hancock and Austen Smith won the aforementioned gold medal in the Mixed Team Skeet event Learn more about the eight USA Shooting shotgun athletes heading to Paris to compete at the Olympics Spain and hosts Italy topped the podiums at the Lonato del Garda 2021 World Shooting Para Sport Para Trap World Championships on Saturday (25 September) taking the PT1 None of the best-performers in the qualifying stage reached the podium in the finals The PT1 – mixed trap seated SG-S saw Cyprus bag a Para trap gold medal for the first time with Nikolaou Neofytos scored 37 in the final ahead of local favourite and Sydney 2019 world champion Oreste Lai (34) with the United Arab Emirates taking bronze with Mohammed Alhebsi (27) my friends and all my team,” said Neofytos who improved from his bronze at the 2018 Worlds in Lonato Ignacio Javier Oloriz put Spain on the top of the podium in the The PT2 – mixed trap standing SG-L scoring 39 – four ahead of Finland’s Vesa Jarvinen (35) the world champion from the 2018 Worlds in Lonato Italy’s Antonio Ventre finished third with 27 Oloriz came to the final with the second-best score in the first round behind Great Britain’s George Glover – who had to settle for a fourth place in the final “This medal represents all the work and effort I got the result I always wanted,” said the Spaniard Italy has dominated the international stage since Para trap became an approved World Shooting Para Sport discipline in 2017 but had failed to top the podium at home until the PT3 – mixed trap standing SG-U final Emilio Poli had finished the qualifying stage in sixth place but put on an impressive display on Saturday to take gold scoring 39 and equalling the world record “It was very difficult because I train in this range I know a lot of people and they come to you and tell you ‘shoot well it is only one shot [per time] and it changed all because I worked hard for this,” he added Two-time world champion Francesco Nespeca made it an Italian one-two finish with 34 leaving Spain’s Meliton Brinas in third (27) “I was very happy that we finished with silver and gold I wanted to thank him because he helped me in shooting we are friends inside and outside the sport,” gold medallist Poli said about his compatriot Italy also took gold in the PT2 and PT3 team events while UAE triumphed in the PT1 team event Complete results from Lonato del Garda 2021 are available here The Para Trap World Championships finals can be watched on World Shooting Para Sport Facebook page this was their first major titles at home after the scenic city of Lonato has hosted the two World Championships in 2018 and 2021 Riding on his consistent rounds of shooting Oreste shot 34 targets to finish four shots ahead of Finland’s Juha Myllymaki (30) and take the gold medal in PT1 - Mixed Trap Seated SG-S Great Britain’s Keith White settled for the bronze clearing 25 targets It was a brilliant return to winning ways for Oreste after his second placed finish at the Lonato 2021 Worlds He later said: “It (The win) means everything - My heart belongs here so winning in Lonato today brought everyone an unbelievable satisfaction Oreste later led Italy to Team title with an European record - 277 targets The team also comprising Fabrizio Menia and Davide Fedrigucci beat their earlier record of 274 made in September 2021 in Lonato The PT3 - Mixed Trap Standing (Upper Limb) SG-U final was in fact the highlight of the Championships as Nanni who had finished fourth in Lonato 2021 World Championships shocked his compatriot and multiple-time world champion Francesco Nespeca by just one point 34-33 The final series was an edge of the seat encounter with both hitting eight targets out of 10 but Nanni took the gold owing to his one point lead in the previous series Spain’s Meliton Antonio Brinas Mora claimed the bronze Despite fighting it out for the individual title Nespeca and Nanni combined to take the Team gold with an European record of 326 points The team broke their own record of 312 points made in Lonato 2021 “It feels amazing,” said Nanni after his double title “It's a very strong emotion; it was incredible We all worked hard and the finally the results became touchable And now we celebrate and think about our future goals,” he added looking ahead to the World Championships in Al Ain this November Slovakia’s Filip Marinov halted the hosts Italy’s winning streak with his brilliant shooting skills in the PT2 - Mixed Trap Standing (Lower Limb) SG-L finals including 10 out of 10 in the third series to take the crown ahead of Italians Fabrizio Cormons (37) and Giorgio Fazzari (27) This is the best shooting range in the world And winning the first European Championships for me here is amazing,” said the Slovakian held simultaneously with the Euros at Lonato Australia’s Nigel Young took the gold with 29 hits in PT1 - Mixed Trap Seated SG-S while USA’s Jose Martinez Pico (42) topped the podium in PT2 - Mixed Trap Standing (Lower Limb) SG-L Italy's Calogero Sansone emerged the winner in PT3 - Mixed Trap Standing (Upper Limb) SG-U with 38 hits Para trap was officially adopted as a discipline by World Shooting Para Sport in May 2017 and Lonato hosted the first World Cup in September last year 45 athletes from 17 nations competed in the World Shooting Para Sport Para Trap Championships Hosts Italy had the biggest team (10 shooters) Full results are available on World Shooting Para Sport's website Italy will host the second edition of the Para Trap World Championships from Friday to Saturday (24 and 25 September) Sixty-six athletes from 16 countries will be in action in six medal events across three sport classes at the Trap Concaverde in Northern Italy All athletes compete on Friday (shooting 75 targets) and Saturday (50 targets) The top six shooters from the 125-target competition advance to the finals Six countries will also take part in team events on Saturday The first edition of the Para Trap Worlds three years ago in Lonato saw Australia Finland and the host nation topping the podium in the PT1 Italy’s Francesco Nespeca was the winner at Lonato del Garda 2018 and also took gold in the PT3 at the World Shooting Para Sport Championships the following year in Sydney Sydney 2019 saw more Italian victories in the PT1 with Oreste Lai and the PT2 with Alessandro Spagnoli The World Championships was initially set to be held in 2020 but had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic “We are thrilled that the long awaited 2021 Para Trap World Championships is here We are at one of the best shooting ranges in the world with many top athletes This will be an important step on the development of Para Trap and no doubt a thrilling competition Our thanks to the Italian Target Shooting Federation (FITAV) and Trap Concaverde for their ongoing support of Para Trap,” Tyler Anderson Live results from Lonato del Garda 2021 will be available here You can follow all the action on World Shooting Para Sport channels on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter Italy will host for the second time the World Shooting Para Sport Para Trap Championships this week in Italy The competition kicks off on Friday (24 September) with the finals on Saturday (25) Seventy-seven athletes from 19 National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) are set to compete at Lonato del Garda 2021 The World Championships was initially scheduled to September 2020 but was postponed to this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic Here is all you need to know about Lonato del Garda 2021 The Trap Concaverde is situated in the tourist Southern Garda Lake District 30 km from downtown Brescia and 40 km from Verona It was founded in 1982 by four friends who were tired of travelling to different shooting ranges around Italy Their small range has become one of the biggest Para trap facilities in the world There are seven ranges available for the event all equipped with Mattarelli machines and Elfipa acoustic release systems All ranges are equipped with Elfipa electronic scoreboards The firing direction of the shooting range is north The targets used for the event are eco-friendly from Eurotarget standard orange for the Qualification and flash orange for the Finals When did the first Para Trap Worlds take place Lonato del Garda hosted the first edition of the Para Trap World Championships in 2018 a little more than one year after the discipline was officially adopted by World Shooting Para Sport The Italian venue can be considered the birthplace of the shotgun discipline as it was also home to the first-ever Para Trap World Cup in September 2017 Australia saw the second Para trap world champions crowned when the discipline made its debut as part of the biennial World Shooting Para Sport Championships together with pistol rifle and vision impaired shooting in 2019 The next joint World Championships with all shooting Para sport disciplines is set to take place in Al Ain The PT2 is for athletes with lower limb impairments competing from a standing position (SG-L class) A total of 25 athletes from 12 nations will be competing in the PT2 events – five countries will also take on the team event PT3 will see 22 athletes from 11 countries in action in the SG-U class for athletes with an impairment in the non-shooting arm also competing from a standing position The team event will count with three countries Lonato del Garda 2021 will also host a Para Trap Mixed Team event as a demonstration final with no medals awarded The host nation will be represented by 12 athletes at Lonato del Garda 2021 followed by Czech Republic with nine and Great Britain and the RPC with seven competitors each USA is the only team with more female than male athletes in the delegation as three out of the four shooters in the team are women Spain’s Meliton Antonio Brinas is also familiar with the range as he took silver in the PT3 in 2018 Sydney 2019 gold and silver medallists will be in 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Admin “I was very happy and excited to win the gold medal in Montreal I was doubting if I was able to win again.” The IWAS Wheelchair Fencing Grand Prix takes place in Lonato del Garda Italy this weekend (24-26 May) with a strong Italian squad determined to make the most of its home advantage Attention will be on the sport’s young Italian star Beatrice Vio who is hoping confidence gained from victory in the women’s category B foil event at last month’s Grand Prix event in Montreal will help her take the title in Italy who was a London 2012 Paralympic torbearer won silver in Lonato last year and with her good form heading into the competition she hopes to do one better that now “I was very happy and excited to win the gold medal in Montreal,” she said that the competition in Lonato will be stronger than it was in Canada identifying reigning Paralympic champion Dani Gyongyi of Hungary and Marta Makowska of Poland among her main challengers Whilst she is looking forward to competing in Italy Vio claims that the strong spirit within the Italian squad gives her an advantage at every event “I always feel at home with my teammates supporting me,” she said Vio’s compatriot Matteo Betti is seeking a consecutive victory in Lonato having won the title in the men’s category A epee discipline at the event last year is hoping to reap the benefits of strong home support and an intensive training programme in Lonato He sees the Grand Prix as an important part of his preparations for August’s World Championships in Budapest “Since the London 2012 Paralympic Games I've tried a new kind of training with my coach Fabio Giovannini working on deconstructing and improving every simple movement “There are a lot of fencers who come to Lonato to get a gold medal and everyone could do it I know my strongest challengers in the foil and epee events but in the year after the Paralympic Games everyone also has to pay attention to new fencers who await these occasions to try and surprise us.” Fellow Italian Alessio Sarri will compete in the category B foil and sabre events and is also expecting a tough competition he noted that Ukraine’s Anton Datsko and Poland’s Gregorz Pluta of will also be athletes to keep tabs on Pluta took the gold medal in the sabre event at London 2012 and Datsko has been in incredible form with the foil building on a silver medal in London with two Grand Prix titles in the discipline having beaten both rivals to the sabre title in Canada in front of my home crowd and my friends,” he said Picture by Getty ImagesBy Ronald ChettiarIndia shooter Prithviraj Tondaiman bagged the bronze medal in the men’s trap event at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup Lonato 2023 in Italy on Sunday Prithviraj Tondaiman finished third in the final with 34 points. Britain’s Nathan Hales won the gold medal with 49 points while Qi Ying of the People's Republic of China bagged the silver medal with 48 points. A total of six shooters qualified for the men’s trap final. Earlier, Prithviraj Tondaiman finished third in the qualifying round with 122 points. The 36-year-old scored 23, 25, 24, 25, 25 in the five-round qualification series. Paris 2024 Olympics quota winner Bhowneesh Mendiratta and Zoravar Singh Sandhu failed to progress beyond the qualification stage in the men’s trap event. Bhowneesh Mendiratta finished 16th with 120 points while Zoravar Singh Sandhu was 66th with 115 points. Shooters Lakshjeet Singh Sindhu and Lakshay were shooting for ranking points. Meanwhile in the women’s trap event, none of the Indians managed to progress beyond the qualification round. Shreyasi Singh, a Commonwealth Games 2018 champion, finished 36th with 111 points while Manisha Keer (111 points) and Rajeshwari Kumari (106) were 39th and 58th, respectively. Pragati Dubey and Kirti Gupta were shooting for the ranking points. In the skeet events, too, the Indian shooters put on a disappointing show. In the men’s skeet, two-time Olympian Mairaj Ahmad Khan finished 116th in qualifying with 112 points while Angad Vir Singh Bajwa was placed 74th with 117 points. Anant Jeet Singh Naruka (119 points) and Gurjoat Khangura (116 points) finished 55th and 82nd, respectively. Ganemat Sekhon and Darshna Rathore, competing in the women’s individual skeet event, also failed to reach the finals. Ganemat Sekhon (120 points) finished ninth to miss the medal round by a solitary point while Darshna Rathore finished 65th with 104 points. Maheshwari Chauhan was 36th with 114 points. In skeet mixed team, the Indian pair of Ganemat Sekhon and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka was knocked out in the qualification round after finishing in 19th position. The other Indian pair of Darshna Rathore and Gurjoat Khangura finished 21st. Overall, India finished ninth in the medals tally at Lonato, which was topped by the USA with two golds and one silver. The ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Italy was a qualifying event for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Caitlin Connor earned three gold medals at the infamous Lonato World Cup “It feels really cool [to have a gold medal sweep],” said Connor “I have been working hard the past few months I was really happy that it happened in Lonato.” Her win in Women’s Skeet marks her first individual first place World Cup medal in the gold medal match with a score of 37 competition is known as the biggest World Cup according to Connor hosting more countries and athletes than any other World Cup locations “The way Italy supports shooting is a big deal,” said Connor “Shooting in Italy is like baseball in America; everyone there loves it.” Connor secured the gold in Women’s Skeet Team along with Amber English two-time gold medalist at the 2022 Lima World Cup “I would not have been able to get those golds if it weren’t for my teammates,” said Connor Connor won her gold in mixed skeet with Vincent Hancock the 2022 Lonato World Cup men’s skeet silver medalist The duo earned first place despite the fact they have never shot together as a team in any competition Up next for the shotgun team is the Baku World Cup All official results can be found at: https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/venue/results.ashx?cshipid=3028 This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page The first World Shooting Para Sport World Cup in Para trap was held in Lonato World Shooting Para Sport has announced that Lonato will host the first World Championships in Para trap which will take place from 2-7 October 2018 The shotgun specialism became an official discipline under the sport’s international federation in May 2017 The Italian town is no stranger to Para trap having hosted the first World Cup in the discipline in September that saw 53 athletes from 14 countries compete Around 60 athletes from 18 countries are expected to compete at Lonato 2018 which is being organised by the Italian Shotgun Federation (FITAV) said: “We are thrilled to have the first World Championships hosted in the birthplace of Para trap The discipline has come long way in a short amount of time and its continued growth and development is a great sign of its popularity among our athletes “I am confident FITAV will be an excellent host They were outstanding in running a smooth and successful World Cup in September and have shown continued passion to develop Para trap “Lonato 2018 World Shooting Para Sport Championships will also be very important for the development of the sport including inclusion at the Paris 2024 Paralympics.” and marks the first time Para trap will be contested alongside rifle and pistol events The Al Ain World Cup will be an important event for athletes ahead of the 2018 World Shooting Para Sport World Championships from 1-12 May Around 300 shooters from 60 countries will take their first chance to grab quota places for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Get quick access to your favorite articles Manage alerts on breaking news and favorite drivers Make your voice heard with article commenting 16.01.2024: The international karting season is about to kick off at the South Garda Karting Circuit with the WSK Champions Cup the first event on the WSK Promotion calendar Taking place on the weekend of January 21st this event marks the beginning of the 2024 season featuring around 280 drivers from 51 countries in the MINI An excellent lineup of drivers will include the most qualified teams for this season opener some of whom were winners in the previous edition Examples include the Ukrainian Oleksandr Legenkyi who transitioned from Under 10 to MINI Gr.3 now attempting OKJ after winning the Champions Cup in MINI in 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delivering our expert journalism we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker The development of Para trap took another step forward as the first World Shooting Para Sport World Cup in the discipline wrapped up from 15-16 September in Lonato highlighted by a thrilling final in the PT2 trap standing (lower limb) mixed SG-L that featured a one-two finish for the host nation Saverio Cuciti (42) snatched the gold from compatriot Alessandro Spagnoli Finland’s Vesa Jarvinen (30) completed the podium Two other individual medal events took place Spain’s Meliton Antonio Brinas Mora had four strong final rounds to finish first in the PT3 trap standing (upper limb) mixed SG-U The Spaniard was three targets better than Italy’s Francesco Nespeca while Denmark’s Kim Poul Nyby (28) was third Iran’s Abdolreza Tavasolikhah was in command in the PT1 trap seated mixed SG-S going perfect in the final two rounds to finish with a score of 40 Great Britain’s Matthew Goodwin (34) took the silver and Italy’s Oreste Lai added another medal for Team Italy with Great Britain bettering the host nation 287-284 Italy did find redemption in the PT2 team event with gold over Great Britain Shotgun officially joined the World Shooting Para Sport family earlier this year with the Lonato World Cup serving as the first opportunity to review the technical and classification rules of the discipline Complete results from the Lonato World Cup can be found on World Shooting Para Sport's website Dania Vizzi and Samantha Simonton earned gold and silver medals in Women’s Skeet at the 2023 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Lonato Vizzi earned her Lonato first place medal after beating Simonton in the gold medal match Vizzi’s victory brings her 2023 World Cup medal count to three She earned silver medals in Mixed Team Skeet and Women’s Skeet team at the ISSF Rabat Shotgun World Cup in January “It’s amazing just to be out there with the best in the world and on such a big field here in Italy,” the Odessa “To come out on top is such a great experience and I am very blessed.” Simonton’s Lonato silver medal was her second of the year She also earned silver in Women’s Skeet at the ISSF Doha World Cup in March “This is my second World Cup medal this year so that feels great,” Simonton “It was not quite the performance I was hoping for but I am ready to go home and train some more to get ready for Worlds.” Vincent Hancock won a gold medal with teammate This was Smith’s first year competing in the open age category at a World Cup “It feels good to shoot a great qualification score and make it to any final,” Hancock “I’m thankful that my teammate and I were able to compete at a high level at this match and I’m looking forward to replicating that outcome at the World Championships next month.” Hancock’s international accomplishments are stacking up for 2023 He earned gold in Men’s Skeet Team and silver in Men’s Skeet at the ISSF Doha World Cup this past March Hancock and teammate Dustan Taylor qualified for the Men’s Skeet finals where Hancock finished fifth and Taylor finished fourth competed at the Lonato World Cup for ranking points and had a stellar performance shooting the top score of 124 out of 125 targets total Ryann Phillips competed in Women’s Trap and finished fourth overall after qualifying for the finals Hancock and Smith all saw success a few months ago at the 2023 USA Shooting National Championships in May Hancock and Smith were crowned Men’s and Women’s Skeet champions Vizzi placed second overall in Women’s Skeet followed closely by Simonton who earned bronze The competition also served as the Paris 2024 Olympic Trials Part 1 for shotgun The shotgun team is currently training to prepare for the 2023 ISSF World Championships in Baku Learn more about USA Shooting at usashooting.org You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience Lonato [Italy], June 16 (ANI): Sheeraz Sheikh shot two perfect qualification rounds of 25 hits each, to emerge the best Indian on the day, as Skeet competitions at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Shotgun in Lonato got underway.The Indian was sharing the top spot in Men's Skeet currently with 10 other contenders including legends of the sport like Vincent Hancock of the USA and Abdullah Alrashidi of Kuwait Paris Olympics quota winner Anantjeet Singh Naruka missed two birds in the second round to be further down the pecking order while Olympian Mairaj Ahmad Khan had 46 to his name after two rounds.In Women's Skeet Ganemat Sekhon shot 47 to be placed 21st while Raiza Dhillon's tally of 46 put her in the 28th spot Maheshwari Chauhan was 38th with rounds of 24 and 20 respectively.All come back for two more rounds on Sunday before the top six make the medal round slated for Monday after the completion of the fifth and final qualification round Tickets go Live for Neeraj Chopra Classic 2025 IPL 2025: Jaydev Unadkat brushes away "round the wicket" weakness for DC batter KL Rahul that's for sure": Assistant coach Mott's hilarious reply on what Pietersen brings to table for DC Bangladesh to tour Sri Lanka for multi-format series in June-July Pro Panja League set to host 23rd Asian Armwrestling 22nd Asian Para-Armwrestling Championship in New Delhi Intercontinental Legends Championship final set for June 5 in Greater Noida SRH skipper Pat Cummins achieves elusive milestone copyrights © aninews.in | All rights Reserved