Rio De Janeiro, 8 August 2016 - The athletes of the Beretta team continue to dominate. On the second day of competition for the men of the trap, at the end of 5 difficult qualifying sessions, disturbed by the wind yesterday and by imperfect visibility this morning, two out of six Beretta athletes reached the semifinal: Johnny Pellielo (ITA) with 122 centers out of 125 e Josip Glasnovic (CRO) with 120.
Il domination of the Beretta branded aces couple continued with a perfect semi-final for Josip Glasnovic with 15 hits out of 15 and only one mistake for the stainless Johnny who with 14 hits earned the pass for the coveted Gold Medal Match. From here a rise of emotions, with the two athletes giving the large audience the most beautiful of the Olympic finals ever seen before. In fact, the 15 final targets were not enough to determine the Olympic Champion. After a draw of 13 hits each, another shot-off was needed. The third was fatal for the three-time Olympic medalist who awarded the Croatian the most prestigious medal.
An all-Beretta final, which the President, Franco Gussalli Beretta, enjoyed from the stands of the Deodoro Olympic Shooting Center together with the Formula 1 driver Vallteri Bottas, his guest. The President commented on the race as follows: “How many emotions! Thanks Josip! Thanks Jhonny! We are proud of you. I'm very happy. 4 medals in two days is an incredible result and an incentive to do more and more for shooting. In Melbourne 1956 my uncles Carlo and Giuseppe followed Galliano Rossini and Alessandro Ciceri, gold and silver in the TRAP. Today I am here with my son Carlo to see Josip Glasnovic and Giovanni Pellielo win the same two medals, 60 years apart. I'm a lucky man! "
Tomorrow, the official training sessions of the Double Trap, in view of the race on Wednesday 11 with eyes on Marco Innocenti (ITA) and Glenn Eller (USA).