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ISSF World Cup Stage 5 in Siggiewi: medals recap

ISSF World Cup Shotgun · Siggiewi, MLT

The fifth stage of the 2018 ISSF World Cup Series closed today at the Malta National Shooting Ranges in Siggiewi (MLT). Great Britain placed atop the final medal standings, while no world record were set or equalled.

The ISSF World Cup Stage 5 closed today in Siggiewi (MLT), where it took place from the 5th to the 15th of June. The competition saw 402 shooters from 61 nations compete in the five Shotgun events — men’s Trap and Skeet, women’s Trap and Skeet, Trap Mixed Team — piling up a total of 478 starts.

Final medal standings

Rank Nation Individual Team Total
Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 GBRnation flag 2 2 2
2 USAnation flag 1 1 1 1 2
3 SVKnation flag 1 1 1 1 2
4 FINnation flag 1 1 1
5 ITAnation flag 1 1 1 1 2 3
6 CHNnation flag 1 1 1 1 2
7 EGYnation flag 1 1 1
7 GERnation flag 1 1 1
9 RUSnation flag 1 1 1
4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 15

Thanks to the two gold medals signed by Amber Hill and Aaron Heading, Great Britain took the 1st place in the final medal standings. The United States of America followed in 2nd place with one gold and one silver, while Slovakia’s tally of one gold and one bronze brought them up to the 3rd place.

 

In 4th place, Finland secured one gold with Satu Makela-Nummela in the women’s Trap event, while Italy finished 5th with the highest number of total medals: three, one silver and two bronzes.

 

The People’s Republic of China, Egypt, Germany and the Russian Federation completed the final medal standings.

Medalists by event - Individual

Event Date Medal Name Nation
Trap Men 13 JUN 2018 Gold HEADING Aaron GBRnation flag
Silver DU Yu CHNnation flag
Bronze KOVACOCY Marian SVKnation flag
Skeet Men 9 JUN 2018 Gold HANCOCK Vincent USAnation flag
Silver MEHELBA Azmy EGYnation flag
Bronze ROSSETTI Gabriele ITAnation flag
Trap Women 12 JUN 2018 Gold MAKELA-NUMMELA Satu FINnation flag
Silver QUOOSS Katrin GERnation flag
Bronze RABAYA Ekaterina RUSnation flag
Skeet Women 8 JUN 2018 Gold HILL Amber GBRnation flag
Silver ENGLISH Amber USAnation flag
Bronze ZHANG Donglian CHNnation flag

Medalists by event - Team

Event Date Medal Name Nation
Trap Mixed Team 14 JUN 2018 Gold Slovakia 1 SVKnation flag
Silver Italy 2 ITAnation flag
Bronze Italy 1 ITAnation flag

No world record were set or equalled.

 

The final stage of the 2018 ISSF World Cup Series will take place in Tucson (USA) next month, from the 9th to the 19th of July.

 

All final matches will be streamed live on the ISSF website, on the Federation’s Livestream channel and on its official Facebook page.

 

Live results, news and updates will be available on www.issf-sports.org and on all ISSF social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Weibo and Youku.

Marco Vettoretti

 

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