The Olympic Bronze medallist of Beijing, France’s Anthony TERRAS, won the Skeet Men event at the ISSF World Cup in Minsk climbing on the highest step of the podium with a total score of 146 hits + 22 targets in the shoot-off. The France shooter won the medal after passing through a 10-pair shoot-off for Gold.
“I had nothing to loose, we where all tied and I only tried to give my best to succeed. I have a certain experience in long shoot-offs: I went through such a shoot-off at the Olympic Games of Beijing;” said the 23-year old athletes after shooting-off Finland’s Heikki MERILUOTO and Ukraine’s Mikola MILCHEV, who placed in second and third place, respectively.
Today’s six finalists had started the final round tied with a qualification score of 121 hits, in a clear and sunny afternoon, with calm wind, that followed yesterday’s rainy qualifications.
The first shooter to exit the quest for gold was Germany’s Thorsten HAPKE, who dropped two precious targets in fifth and sixth station, closing the final round in sixth with a total score of 144 hits.
Italy’s Valerio LUCHINI, Bronze medallist at the last ISSF World Cup in Munich, followed HAPKE by loosing a low-house clay on the fourth station placing in fifth with a total score of 145 targets.
Beijing Silver and Bronze medallists Tore BROVOLD of Norway and Anthony TERRAS of France, together with Finland’s Heikki MERILUOTO and the 2000 Olympic Champion Mikola MILCHEV of Ukraine, tied in first place by shooting a perfect final round of 25 hits and a total score of 146 targets. A four-way shoot-off for Gold was issued between them to decide the winner of the match.
The 38-year old Norwegian shooter BROVOLD was the first to leave the golden shoot-off after missing an high-house target on his second pair. Beijing’s Olympic Silver medallist closed the round in fourth place with 146 +3 targets.
MILCHEV, TERRAS and MARILUOTO kept on shooting for Gold right to the tenth pair, when the 41-year old MILCHEV missed a target placing himself in third place with a total score of 146 +19 hits.
Following him, MARILUOTO dropped a Mark on his eleventh pair, placing in second and winning Silver with 146 +21 hits, while the 23-year old TERRAS won the spectators’ applauses and the Gold medal with 146 +22 hits.
“I am so happy about this Gold!” said the France shooter, who had never won a World Cup Gold medal before. “Was I shooting fast? That wasn’t because I was nervous, that’s my way of shooting finals!”
“I had nothing to loose, we where all tied and I only tried to give my best to succeed. I have a certain experience in long shoot-offs: I went through such a shoot-off at the Olympic Games of Beijing;” said the 23-year old athletes after shooting-off Finland’s Heikki MERILUOTO and Ukraine’s Mikola MILCHEV, who placed in second and third place, respectively.
Today’s six finalists had started the final round tied with a qualification score of 121 hits, in a clear and sunny afternoon, with calm wind, that followed yesterday’s rainy qualifications.
The first shooter to exit the quest for gold was Germany’s Thorsten HAPKE, who dropped two precious targets in fifth and sixth station, closing the final round in sixth with a total score of 144 hits.
Italy’s Valerio LUCHINI, Bronze medallist at the last ISSF World Cup in Munich, followed HAPKE by loosing a low-house clay on the fourth station placing in fifth with a total score of 145 targets.
Beijing Silver and Bronze medallists Tore BROVOLD of Norway and Anthony TERRAS of France, together with Finland’s Heikki MERILUOTO and the 2000 Olympic Champion Mikola MILCHEV of Ukraine, tied in first place by shooting a perfect final round of 25 hits and a total score of 146 targets. A four-way shoot-off for Gold was issued between them to decide the winner of the match.
The 38-year old Norwegian shooter BROVOLD was the first to leave the golden shoot-off after missing an high-house target on his second pair. Beijing’s Olympic Silver medallist closed the round in fourth place with 146 +3 targets.
MILCHEV, TERRAS and MARILUOTO kept on shooting for Gold right to the tenth pair, when the 41-year old MILCHEV missed a target placing himself in third place with a total score of 146 +19 hits.
Following him, MARILUOTO dropped a Mark on his eleventh pair, placing in second and winning Silver with 146 +21 hits, while the 23-year old TERRAS won the spectators’ applauses and the Gold medal with 146 +22 hits.
“I am so happy about this Gold!” said the France shooter, who had never won a World Cup Gold medal before. “Was I shooting fast? That wasn’t because I was nervous, that’s my way of shooting finals!”