It closed on Sunday in Rio de Janeiro the second stage of World Cup dedicated to skeet shooting. A competition that, less than four months from Rio 2016 Olympic Games, also performed the Olympic test function for the shooting facilities of the Brazilian city.
They were 50 shooters that, embracing Beretta rifles, took turns on the platforms of theOlympic Shooting Center, located inside the cluster by Deodoro. And as usual the podiums were not lacking.
The most beautiful smile is undoubtedly that ofblue Tammaro Cassandro, twenty-three years old from Capua (CE) who, after winning a place in the semifinal with the best qualifying score, took the luxury of prevailing in a shoot-off to enter the Bronze medal match all Beretta brand, with the three times World Champion Vincent Hancock of the United States, and the Spaniard Juan Jose Aramburu, then beaten by Cassandro in the final for third place. For the blue this is the first podium in a stage of ISSF World Cup. To precede the Italian was another rookie in the final: the Indian Mairaj Ahmad Khan, in fact, finished second. Thus putting the first medal of his career around his neck.
Equally beautiful was the punch to the sky of Sutiya Jiewchaloemmit, Thai Skeet shooter who, after many placings in the semifinals and final, has finally climbed to the top step of the podium, conquering that gold medal which she had always lacked in the previous fourteen appearances in a final phase of the Skeet.
"I've been in so many finals, I've won three silvers, but today I finally have this wonderful feeling!" He has declared Jiewchaloemmit at the end of the award ceremony. "My season will continue in San Marino, after which I will start focusing on the Olympic Games."
On the podium, next to him, another flag of the representative team Beretta: the three-time American Olympic champion Kimberly Rhode, surrendered to Jiewchaloemmit only at the end of a shoot-off, and which she has worn her cup medal n ° 24 around her neck.
“It was an honor to compete alongside him. She is a true champion and an icon of this sport. I have enormous and sincere respect for her. " He concluded Jiewchaloemmit.
Third in Skeet female was placed there Chinese Beretta shooter Lu Min. Finally, three Bronze medals won by Beretta shooters on Brazilian platforms: in Female trap it was the German Sonja Scheibl to get on the podium for the second consecutive time, after the silver won in Nicosia (CYP); In the Male trap, the Guatemalan Jean-Pierre Brol Cardenas instead he got on the first cup podium of his career; while in the Double Trap the American Walton Eller he finished third.
Uno score overall that sees the house from Gardone Val Trompia (BS) climb all five podiums of the Rio test event. A result that hopefully will be a good omen for the Olympic Games next August. There ISSF World Cup it will now continue in San Marino, where the third stage of the season dedicated to shooting events will take place from 1 to 11 June.
Beretta and sport - shooting
In Melbourne, in 1956, Beretta wins his first Olympic gold medal in clay pigeon shooting. Since then, the successes achieved in major competitions have occurred frequently in every Olympic event, from the Rome Games in 1960 to the gold medal won by Vincent Hancock at the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London (2012) in the Skeet discipline, which was adds to the silver medal of the Chinese Wei Ning, also in Skeet, and to the bronze of Al-Attiya in the same discipline, not to mention the countless medals won at the World Championships since 1978. For over half a century, Beretta has brought its sporting vocation to the world which earned it the record of the highest number of victories in international competitions for competition shotguns. The high quality and wide range of products allow Beretta to compete in any shooting specialty, Trap, D-Trap, Skeet, Elica and Sporting. Translated into figures, the participation of Beretta at the World Championships is equal to 146 gold medals, 146 silver and 139 bronze. At the Olympic Games there are 14 gold medals, 11 silver medals and 12 bronze ones.
Rio de Janeiro (BRA)