the Italian championship of Olympic pit of 2020 it closed in the sign of Merit. The sports group of the Carabinieri has won three of the four titles up for grabs and has reached the podium six times. Over the weekend of 26 and 27 September, on the shooting lines of the Trap Concaverde in Lonato del Garda, 164 shooters faced each other to aim for the Scudetto in the Excellence category and in the Lady, Junior male and Junior female qualifications.
The new Italian champion of Excellence was Emanuele Bernasconi (120/125, 45/50). The forty-five-year-old from Rome, under the Carabinieri sports group, after arriving in the final with the number one dorsal, put behind his teammate Valerio Grazini (117 + 2, 43/50), while to close the podium was Lorenzo Ferrari from Brescia (117 + 9, 33/40), under the Fiamme Oro. Behind them, following, were positioned, in order: Riccardo Faccani (118 + 1, 27/35); Oronzo Rochira (118 + 0, 23/30) and Dario Caretta (117 + 8, 18/25).
Among the Ladies, the best was Alessia Iezzi (111/125, 42/50). The athlete of the Silver Flames clearly imposed herself in the final on the central field of Concaverde, in which six of the strongest blue shooters took part. The first to leave the group was Isabella Cristiani (110/125, 17/25), followed in the locker room by Giulia Pintor (113, 22/30) and Maria Lucia Palmitessa (119/125, 25/35). For the blue from Monopoli, who reached the final with the best race score, the three zeros in the five targets before the challenge for the medals proved fatal. To fight for the title, Jessica Rossi, Silvana Maria Stanco and Alessia Iezzi remained, separated from each other by a single target. The three zeros in a row in the next step cost very dearly to the 2012 London Olympic champion, Jessica Rossi (112, 29/40), while Iezzi has lengthened the pace, breaking the direct pursuer by four points. In the decisive segment, despite Silvana Stanco's full score (117, 39/50) in the last ten targets, the shooter from Chieti maintained the leadership and won the Italian flag.
"The weather of these two days made everything more complicated and meant that only the strongest could go all the way - commented Albano Pera, coach of the Italian national team - Everything took place in the best possible way and, as as usual, the Lonato field proved to be a perfect testing ground for our athletes ». "Lonato superstar: a great facility that, not surprisingly, will host a world cup competition next year, which will add to the many international competitions hosted so far - added Luciano Rossi, president of FITAV - The weather conditions have made this final even more challenging, but we Italians, just when the missions become difficult, we bring out our best. Congratulations to everyone, young and old alike, for the very high level they have shown on the platform ». "I really thank all those who have honored us with their presence - concluded Ivan Carella, president of the host structure - Today we saw our top athletes in action and the satisfaction is enormous".
We close the sports news with a look to the future: the national youth sector. On the pink side, unstoppable Gaia Ragazzini (115/125, 39/50) dominated the race and, after reaching the final with the best score, she put Sharyn Dassè behind her (108 + 3, 36/50) , second, and Giorgia Lenticchia (108 + 2, 27/40), who came third. Among the males, however, the best Junior was Lorenzo Soldati (117 + 2, 45/50), who forced Gabriele Solari (116, 44/50) and Edoardo Antonioli (115, 34/40) to the lowest steps of the podium. ).