2nd Olympic Pit Grand Prix on the platform almost five hundred shooters on the platform throughout Italy.
4 June 2012 - Almost 500 shooters were involved in the 2nd Olympic Pit Grand Prix, reserved for 1st Category shooters, which animated the platforms of four national structures. For all, the competition formula included 125 qualifying targets, divided into five series, and 25 in the final reserved for the best six of each classification. In addition to the medals, the qualification for the Final of the Italian Championship is also up for grabs.
Proceeding from north to south, on the highest step of Tav Pecetto di Valenza (AL), which hosted 127 shooters, it was Pier Giorgio Corona from Dolianova (CA) who earned gold with 145/150, surpassing by a point Antonio Scarfò di Roccelletta di Borgia (CZ) silver with 144.
The bronze medal, on the other hand, was won after a play-off by Giovanni Inversini from Milan with a total score of 140 +4. 131 were the protagonists of the race in the structures of the Tav Serravalle in San Marino, where the Umbrian Umberto Banella from Castiglione del Lago (PG) won the gold with 143/150 who, thanks to the punot advantage accumulated in the qualifications , he took shelter from the three-way shoot-off to win the other two medals.
In the end, the silver went to Franco Felici di Bastardo (PG) with 142 +4 and the bronze to Luca Paoli from Quartu Sant'Elena (CA) with 142 +3. The participation record for this Grand Prix goes to Tav Sant'Uberto of Manoppello Scalo (PE) which was able to count on the participation of 150 shooters.
In this case, Giuseppe Ciccarelli from San Cipriano d'Aversa (CE) climbed to the top step of the podium with a score of 142/150. Also in this case, for the assignment of the silver and the bronze it was necessary to resort to a play-off between two matched shooters at an altitude of 141.
Danilo Pallini from Morro d'Oro (TE) kept the nerve of Bruno Carletta from Giulianova (TE), beating him with +3 to +2 and earning the silver. Finally, the Tav La Silva of Cerchiara di Calabria recorded 90 appearances.
Gold was the prerogative of Giuseppe Lotà of Palermo with 145/150. In the shoot-off for the silver and the bronze, testimony also in this case of the excellent technical level of all the participants, Luigi Mele from Somma Vesuviana (NA) won the silver with 142 +5 leaving Pasquale Ranieri di Montalto Uffugo (CS) the bronze with 142 +4.
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