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 house 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 Ladies’s Skeet; Austen Smith, bronze in Ladies’s Skeet; Vincent Hancock and Austen Smith, gold in Combined Crew Skeet. All medalists will likely be competing within the Paris Video games this summer season the place the Combined Skeet Crew occasion will likely be making its Olympic debut.
Prince, of Burleson, Texas, certified for the Males’s Skeet finals after capturing a 123 out of 125 within the qualification spherical after which profitable a shot off. Prince earned second place within the remaining by capturing 53 out of 60 targets, ousting Rashid Al-Athba of Qatar, who completed third. Prince will likely be making his Olympic debut this summer season in Paris. He will likely be capturing Males’s Skeet and Combined Skeet Crew with Dania Vizzi.
Vizzi, of Odessa, Florida, earned her spot within the Ladies’s Skeet finals by capturing 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 capturing a 56 out of 60. Vizzi can also be making her Olympic debut this summer season the place she will likely be competing in Ladies’s Skeet and Combined Crew Skeet.
Smith, a Keller, Texas, native, was additionally within the three means tie for first place within the Ladies’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 capturing teammate Sam Simonton who positioned fourth. Smith went on to earn gold with Hancock in Combined Crew Skeet. Smith, a Tokyo 2020 Olympian, will likely be competing in Ladies’s Skeet and Combined Crew 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 Combined Crew Skeet. The duo got here out on high within the gold medal match, defeating the Kuwait workforce. Hancock and Smith make a powerful workforce going into the Paris Olympics for Combined 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 season 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 grow 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. capturing workforce is gearing up for the Paris Olympics Video games that kick off July 26. View the U.S. Olympic capturing workforce roster right here.
The Paralympic Video games happen shortly after the Olympics, beginning Aug. 28. View the U.S. Paralympic capturing workforce roster right here.
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