USA won five medals, and three competitions out of five, at the 2012's first ISSF Shotgun World Cup Stage in Tucson, Arizona.
The 2012 ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Tucson, Arizona, the first ISSF World Cup Stage of the year, was officially closed today after the last medal match, the Trap Men Final.
The home team, the United State of America, finished atop of the overall medla standings, winning three events out of five, and securing a total of five medals. Great Britain and Greece followed in second with two Gold medals each.
The ISSF World Cup Series will now move to the Olympic RAB venue of London, the shooting range of the next Games, where the “London Prepares” ISSF World Cup in all events will be held starting from the 17th of April.
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The medal standings:
|
Rank
|
NAT - Nation
|
Gold
|
Silver
|
Bronze
|
TOTAL
|
|
1
|
USA
|
3
|
|
2
|
5
|
|
2
|
GBR
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
2
|
GRE
|
1
|
|
|
1
|
|
4
|
ITA
|
|
2
|
|
2
|
|
5
|
RUS
|
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
6
|
MLT
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
6
|
UKR
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
8
|
ESP
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
8
|
MEX
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
15
|
World Cup medallists:
|
Rank
|
Event
|
Name
|
NAT
|
|
1
|
Skeet Women
|
Kimberly RHODE
|
USA
|
|
2
|
Skeet Women
|
Diana BACOSI
|
ITA
|
|
3
|
Skeet Women
|
Brandy N DROZD
|
USA
|
|
1
|
Skeet Men
|
Efthimios MITAS
|
GRE
|
|
2
|
Skeet Men
|
Mikola MILCHEV
|
UKR
|
|
3
|
Skeet Men
|
Carlos Alberto VALDEZ ROMERO
|
MEX
|
|
1
|
Double Trap Men
|
Peter Robert Russell WILSON
|
GBR
|
|
2
|
Double Trap Men
|
William CHETCUTI
|
MLT
|
|
3
|
Double Trap Men
|
Joshua RICHMOND
|
USA
|
|
1
|
Trap Women
|
Corey COGDELL
|
USA
|
|
2
|
Trap Women
|
Elena TKACH
|
RUS
|
|
3
|
Trap Women
|
Fatima GALVEZ
|
ESP
|
|
1
|
Trap Men
|
Ryan HADDEN
|
USA
|
|
2
|
Trap Men
|
Erminio FRASCA
|
ITA
|
|
3
|
Trap Men
|
Alexey ALIPOV
|
RUS
|