Skeet's Blues
They left Rome very early this morning and will reach Kazakhstan this afternoon Skeet blues who will take part in the fifth round of the ISSF World Cup of the 2023 international season. In Almaty, the coach of the Azzurri national team, Andrea Filippetti, will accompany them on the platform. Competing will be Tammaro Cassandro (Carabinieri) from Capua (CE), Gabriele Rossetti (Fiamme Oro) from Ponte Buggianese (PT), Domenico Simeone (Fiamme Oro) from Baia and Latina (CE) and Giancarlo Tazza (Fiamme Oro) from Caserta ( CE) for men, while for women Diana Bacosi (Army) of Cetona (SI), Chiara Cainero (Carabinieri) of Cavalicco di Tavagnacco (UD), Simona Scocchetti (Army) of Tarquinia (VT) and Martina Bartolomei (Air Force) of Laterina (AR).
The competition programme
On Sunday 21st May they will face the Official Trainings, while the first part of the match will take place on Monday 22nd May with 75 targets, followed by the other 23 targets on 50rd May. When it will be 12.00 in Italy, the Women's Skeet finals will begin, while at 13.00 pm in Italy the Men's Skeet finals. The finals will take place according to the new ISSF regulation which eliminates the semifinals and the medal matches and returns to being the one already seen at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. At the end of the qualifications, the six best shooters and the six best shooters will compete in the final to progressive eliminations (for Skeet with 20 clay pigeons sixth place will be decreed, 30 the fifth, 40 the fourth, 50 the third and 60 the first and second place, ed).
Competing athletes
The Trap team of Technical Director Marco Conti will also arrive in Almaty on 23 May, bringing with them Maurio De Filippis (Fiamme Oro) from Taranto, Daniele Resca (Carabinieri) from Pieve di Cento (BO), Giovanni Pellielo (Fiamme Azzurre) from Vercelli and Diego Valeri (Navy) from Artena (RM) for the men's team and Jessica Rossi (Fiamme Oro) from Crevalcore (BO), Silvana Maria Stanco (Fiamme Gialle) from Winterthur (SUI), Giulia Grassia (Army) from Modena and Sofia Littamè (Military Air Force) of Baone (PD) (source: FITAV).