Prestigious event
After four days of exciting competition the 59th European Sporting Championship, hosted on the Tav Vetralla platforms in Viterbo and which brought 556 shooters from 37 countries to Italy. Italy closed the continental event with a significant haul: ten medals, five individual and five team. Starting with the individual medals, in the Ladies' standings, our Katiuscia Spada from Fabro (TR) confirmed her status as one of the stars of the event, earning the bronze medal with a score of 172/200. Only Betatriz Laparra Cuenca of Spain, gold with 182, and Lya Auvret of France, silver with 174, outperformed her.
Veterans on the podium
Samuel Ligi of Fermignano (PU) also performed well, taking the silver medal in the Junior category with a score of 173/200 +21/25 +2, beating only France's Ylan Lemoine, who finished first with 174, and leaving Spain's Francisco Rosa Ponce in third with 173 +21+1. Italy also performed well in the Senior category, with Alessandro Gaetani of San Miniato (PI) taking silver with a score of 184/200 and Enrico De Tomasi of Villafranca Padovana (PD) taking bronze with 180/200. Finally, Italy took the podium in the Veteran category with Mauro Bosi of Forlì (FC), who took bronze with 170/200. Only the British Michael Rouse and Stephen Williams did better than him, winning gold with 175/200 +23 and silver with 175/200 +19 respectively.
Team rankings
Moving on to the team rankings, the men's team, composed of Michael Spada of Fabro (TR), Cristian Camporese of Padova (PD), Davide Gasparini of Gabicce Mare (PU), and Daniele Valeri of Spoleto (PG), earned gold and the title of European Champions with a total of 728/800. The women's team, composed of Veronica Bertoli of Gavardo (BS), Alessia Panizza of Lierna (LC), and Katiuscia Spada, took silver with a total of 500/600. Topping the Senior podium was the team composed of Giuseppe Calò of Fucecchio (FI), Alessandro Gaetani, and Giacomo Mori of Pomarance (PI) with a total of 537/600, while third place in the Veterans' podium was taken by the trio composed of Mauro Bosi of Forlì (FC), Claudio Germano Moretti of Rimini (RN), and Carlo Sestini of Empoli (FI) with a total of 486/600. Finally, as regards the Master Teams, Giancarlo Ciofini from Perugia (PG), Fabio Daveri from Arezzo (AR) and Salvatore Valentini from Longiano (FC) earned the silver medal with 426/600.
The coach's words
"Competing at home is always exciting, and the Tav Vetralla facility is also very demanding from a technical standpoint," commented Italy coach Veniero Spada. "We all gave it our all, and the ten medals confirm it. We hoped to achieve something more, but the season is still long, and we still have the World Championships in Portugal in July to try to do even better." "I want to thank the Federation for their tremendous support, and Tav Vetralla for the hospitality they provided to us and all the participants," concluded the Umbrian coach.
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