At Concaverde in Lonato del Garda it's time for paratrap. The 12th national championship (Friday 10 and Saturday 11 May) and the 9th international grand prix (Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 May) dedicated to athletes with physical disabilities will be held over the weekend. Divided into three categories SG-S (wheelchair shooters), SG-L (shooters with lower limbs impairments) and SG-U (shooters with upper limbs impairments), the competing athletes will compete against the best of 125 targets. , which will be joined by those of the final. The spotlight will be on the holders of the various titles, as regards the blues Oreste Lai (SG-S), Mirko Cafaggi (SG-U) and Daniele Gamberini (SG-L), but there will be many well-known names in this sport, such as the world champion Francesco Nespeca, the irreducible shooter from Brescia Emilio Poli, the internationals Roberto Cucinotta, Saverio Cuciti, Alessandro Spagnoli, Raffaele Talamo and many others. To be able to concentrate both events in three days, the launches will be divided as follows: 75 targets on the first day valid for the Italian championship, 50 targets on the second day valid for both the national championship and the international event, 75 targets on Sunday for conclude the qualifications of the grand prix which will be followed by those of the barrage.
«The Paralympic skeet shooting movement lives and grows faster and faster - explained the Italian national team coach Benedetto Barberini with satisfaction - The shooters are more and more numerous and stronger. The selection for international events, remember that this year in October there will be the world championship in Australia, it is becoming increasingly difficult and this is good. In addition to the sporting event, which will give us great emotions, a training course will be held at the same time for future new national classifiers. The goal is to have a recognized classifier for each region, so as to facilitate and accelerate access to the various categories for all those who want to try their hand at this wonderful sport ».
"After the first round of the world cup in 2017 and the first absolute world championship in 2018, it is a source of great joy for us to give continuity to this project and also this year to host two events of great importance for the paratrap - said Ivan Carella, president of the host structure - I am really satisfied with the work carried out with great synergy by everyone, in particular by FITAV and CIP together with international organizations, which has allowed the continuous growth, numerical and qualitative, of this sport ».