Russia’s Shomin leads after the first 75 qualification targets. Hancock, Brovold and Achilleos follow him. Tomorrow, the last 50 targets and the final.
The two-time ISSF World Championship Silver
medallist Valery SHOMIN, 38, from Russia, ended up the first qualification day
of the Skeet Men event in the lead. SHOMIN concluded the first three
qualification series with a perfect score of 75 hits out of 75 targets.
The Russian shooter leads with only one
target of advantage over his opponents. Following him, the 2008 Olympic
Champion Vincent HANCOCK of the USA and the Qatari shooter Nasser AL-ATTIYA
ranked in second with a score of 74 hits out 75 targets.
The last 50 qualification targets and the
Skeet Men Final will take place tomorrow, and SHOMIN will have to shoot at his
best to defend his narrow head-start advantage.
Next to HANCOCK and AL-ATTIYA, eleven
shooters tied with a qualification score of 73 hits out of 75 targets. Between
them, the recently-awarded European Champion, Norway’s Tore BROVOLD, who walked
into this ISSF World Championship just twenty days after shooting a record
score of 150 out of 150 targets at the last European Championships of Osijek
(CRO).
The title defender, Georgios ACHILLEOS of
Cyprus, is also not far from SHOMIN. The Cypriot athlete scored 73 targets, and
he still has 50 qualification targets to shoot.
Tomorrow’s 50 qualification targets will
determinate the six shooters that will proceed to the medal match. The Final
round which will assign the Skeet Men World Champion title will take place
tomorrow afternoon, at 4.30 PM.