The U.S. Shotgun workforce earned 4 medals on the Worldwide Capturing Sports activities Federation (ISSF) Lonato World Cup, June 10-19, the final World Cup earlier than the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 July 26- Aug. 11.
The U.S. took dwelling probably the most medals of all of the international locations competing. The American workforce earned {hardware} within the following: Conner Prince, silver in Males’s Skeet; Dania Vizzi, silver in Girls’s Skeet; Austen Smith, bronze in Girls’s Skeet; Vincent Hancock and Austen Smith, gold in Blended Workforce Skeet. All medalists might be competing within the Paris Video games this summer time the place the Blended Skeet Workforce occasion might be making its Olympic debut.
Prince, of Burleson, Texas, certified for the Males’s Skeet finals after taking pictures a 123 out of 125 within the qualification spherical after which profitable a shot off. Prince earned second place within the last by taking pictures 53 out of 60 targets, ousting Rashid Al-Athba of Qatar, who completed third. Prince might be making his Olympic debut this summer time in Paris. He might be taking pictures Males’s Skeet and Blended Skeet Workforce with Dania Vizzi.
Vizzi, of Odessa, Florida, earned her spot within the Girls’s Skeet finals by taking pictures 121 out of 125 within the qualification spherical. She was in a 3 means tie for first place within the qualification spherical and earned the primary finals bib after profitable a shoot off. Vizzi earned silver within the finals by taking pictures a 56 out of 60. Vizzi can also be making her Olympic debut this summer time the place she might be competing in Girls’s Skeet and Blended Workforce Skeet.
Smith, a Keller, Texas, native, was additionally within the three means tie for first place within the Girls’s Skeet qualification spherical with a 121 out of 125. She earned herself the second place bib in a shoot off. Smith earned a bronze medal within the finals after out taking pictures teammate Sam Simonton who positioned fourth. Smith went on to earn gold with Hancock in Blended Workforce Skeet. Smith, a Tokyo 2020 Olympian, might be competing in Girls’s Skeet and Blended Workforce Skeet with Hancock in Paris.
Hancock, of Eatonton, Georgia, paired up with Smith to shoot a mixed whole of 147 out of 150 within the qualification spherical of Blended Workforce Skeet. The duo got here out on prime within the gold medal match, defeating the Kuwait workforce. Hancock and Smith make a robust workforce going into the Paris Olympics for Blended Skeet. The pair earned gold within the occasion on the 2023 ISSF World Championships. Hancock, a three-time Olympic gold medalist, can even be competing in Males’s Skeet this summer time in Paris. The three-time Pan American Video games Champion is trying to make historical past in Paris. If he wins one other gold medal in Males’s Skeet, he’ll turn out to be the sixth athlete ever to win the identical particular person Olympic occasion 4 occasions and solely the fourth American to take action.
The shotgun workforce and the remainder of the U.S. taking pictures workforce is gearing up for the Paris Olympics Video games that kick off July 26. View the U.S. Olympic taking pictures workforce roster right here.
The Paralympic Video games happen shortly after the Olympics, beginning Aug. 28. View the U.S. Paralympic taking pictures workforce roster right here.
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