Double team skeet success for hosts Italy at ISSF Shotgun World Cup Tuesday, 11 May 2021
Host Italy won both the men s and women s team skeet events at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Shotgun World Cup in Lonato today.
The women s team - featuring reigning Olympic champion Diana Bacosi, Rio 2016 runner-up Chiara Cainero and Chiara Di Marziantonio - topped qualification to set up a gold-medal showdown with the United States.
Austen Smith, the winner of yesterday s solo event, was among the American ranks, but they fell 6-4 to the Italians.
Slovakia overcame the Czech Republic by the same scoreline to earn the bronze medal.
Indian shooters to take part in World Cup in Croatia
Indian shooters to take part in World Cup in Croatia
NEW DELHI, May 7: The last shooting World Cup before the Tokyo Olympics will be held in Osijek, Croatia from June 22 to July 3 and the Indians are set to take part in that event as they would be training in the European country at that time.
The combined World Cup is being organised in place of the one earlier scheduled to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan (from June 21 to July 2) but cancelled due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in that country.
The last senior International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup
before the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has been cancelled because
of concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.
Apr 29, 2021
The distance between success and failure on the grandest scale is measured in millimeters. Glory is so painfully close to anguish that the tiniest mistake can lead to a lifetime of regret. But sometimes in even the most humiliating defeat, there is an even more lasting triumph.
This is the Forgotten History of a Shot Through the Heart.
As the 2004 Olympics in Athens approached, Matthew Emmons was at the top of his game. Widely considered one of the best rifle shooters in the world, he was the junior world record holder in the 50-meter three positions event and had just won the International Shooting Sport Federation’s World Cup in both the three positions and the 50-meter prone.
Apr 29, 2021
The distance between success and failure on the grandest scale is measured in millimeters. Glory is so painfully close to anguish that the tiniest mistake can lead to a lifetime of regret. But sometimes in even the most humiliating defeat, there is an even more lasting triumph.
This is the Forgotten History of a Shot Through the Heart.
As the 2004 Olympics in Athens approached, Matthew Emmons was at the top of his game. Widely considered one of the best rifle shooters in the world, he was the junior world record holder in the 50-meter three positions event and had just won the International Shooting Sport Federation’s World Cup in both the three positions and the 50-meter prone.