1st Round of the World Cup underway in Acapulco (MEX) tomorrow is the turn of Pellielo and Rossi.
With the men's and women's Olympic Fossa competitions, the 1st World Cup event is coming to life in Acapulco (MEX), which sees 155 shooters from 35 countries engaged to win the medals up for grabs. The program foresees, for tomorrow, the first 50 qualifying targets for men and 75 qualifying and final targets for women.
To defend the blue colors will be, for the female sector, Jessica Rossi of Crevalcore (BO), who at only eighteen years old can already boast the European and World titles, both individual and team, and the Italian one all won in 2009, Deborah Gelisio di Mel (BL) and Giulia Iannotti from Vallo della Lucania (SA), both employed by the Forestry Sports Group and protagonists, together with Rossi, in the conquest of the European and World Team Titles last year. Among the men will compete Giovanni Pellielo (Fiamme Azzurre) from Vercelli, Silver in Beijing 2008 and Athens 2004 and Bronze in Sydeny 2000, Mauro De Filippis (Fiamme Oro) from Taranto. "I'm calm because my guys are all in good shape - says coach Albano Pera - The approach to the match went according to plan and we came to do our best".
Source: Fitav