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An amazing Skeet Men final crowns Italy’s Riccardo Filippelli

Italy’s 37-year-old shooter beat his own World Record along with Great Britain’s Ben Llewellin, then besting his British rival in a thrilling shoot-off for the Gold medal, while Argentina’s first-time participant Federico Gil took Bronze.

26.10.2017

Filippelli beats reigning Olympic Champ Rossetti to win New Delhi’s last event, the men’s Skeet final

The two Italian teammates sealed gold and silver at New Delhi’s last official event, leaving Australia’s Paul Adams in third. After 7 days of competitions, the People’s Republic of China topped the medals standing with 6 gold and 6 silver medals.

02.03.2017

Skeet Men: Filippelli won, Tore Brovold quit, Kazakhstan celebrated, and Svensson drove away.

Today's Skeet Men final ended up with a first time finalist winning Gold (Italy's Filippelli), an Olympic medallist announcing his retirement (Norway's Brovold), and historical medal win by Kazakhstan (Yechshenko) and an equalled world record (Sweden's Svensson) awarded a Land Rover by the sponsors.

19.05.2014