Today's Skeet Men final won by Italy's Luigi Lodde concluded the second leg of the 2014 ISSF World Cup Series, conducted in Tucson, Arizona, USA, following the first leg (in Rifle and Pistol event) held in Fort Benning, GA, USA, two weeks ago.
Over 300 athletes coming from 45 countries competed in the Shotgun shooting event.
The host country, USA, finished atop of the medal standings, with a total of four medals (1 Gold, 1 Silver and 2 Bronze medals). Australia followed in second place with three medals (1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze), while India, Italy and Slovakia tied in third place with one Gold medal each.
Italy's Luigi Lodde and USA's David Dustin Perry equalled the current Skeet Men World Record of 124 hits, today.
The ISSF World Cup Series will now continue in Almaty, Kazakhstan, where the next ISSF World Cup Stage will be held from the 16 through the 25 of May.
Follow the next events on www.issf-sports.org
The medal standings:
|
Rank |
NAT - Nation |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
|
1 |
USA – United States of America |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
2 |
AUS – Australia |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
3 |
IND – India |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
3 |
ITA – Italy |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
3 |
SVK– Slovakia |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
6 |
CHN – People’s Republic of China |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
6 |
GBR – Great Britain |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
6 |
SWE – Sweden |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
9 |
RUS – Russian Federation |
|
|
2 |
2 |
|
|
Total |
5 |
5 |
5 |
15 |
Record equalled / broken:
|
EQUALED WORLD RECORDS |
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|
Event |
Phase |
Old / New |
Name |
Nat |
Date |
|
Skeet Men |
Qual |
124 / 124 |
LODDE Luigi |
ITA |
14 APR 2014 |
|
Skeet Men |
Qual |
124 / 124 |
PERRY Dustin David |
USA |
14 APR 2014 |
Medallists by event:
|
Event |
Date |
Medal |
Name |
Nat |
|
Trap Men |
11 APR 2014 |
GOLD |
SANDHU Manavjit Singh |
IND |
|
SILVER |
DIAMOND Michael |
AUS |
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|
BRONZE |
ALIPOV Alexey |
RUS |
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|
Double Trap Men |
13 APR 2014 |
GOLD |
HOLGUIN Jeffrey |
USA |
|
SILVER |
RICHMOND Joshua |
USA |
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|
BRONZE |
FOKEEV Vitaly |
RUS |
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|
Skeet Men |
14 APR 2014 |
GOLD |
LODDE Luigi |
ITA |
|
SILVER |
NILSSON Stefan |
SWE |
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|
BRONZE |
PERRY Dustin David |
USA |
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|
Trap Women |
10 APR 2014 |
GOLD |
SCANLAN Laetisha |
AUS |
|
SILVER |
WIXEY Sarah |
GBR |
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|
BRONZE |
SKINNER Catherine |
AUS |
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|
Skeet Women |
13 APR 2014 |
GOLD |
BARTEKOVA Danka |
SVK |
|
SILVER |
WEI Meng |
CHN |
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|
BRONZE |
RHODE Kimberly |
USA |