Five series
The ISSF Final Olympic Qualification Tournament in Doha today issued its first verdicts, giving Italy the silver medal in the Men's Trap at the hands of Mauro De Filippis. The policeman from Taranto, already in possession of the Charter for Paris 2024, concluded the five qualifying series with an almost perfect 124/125 which certifies his state of form. In the final he never left the podium, finding himself dueling with the Spaniard Andres Garcia for the gold and silver. In the end the gold went to the opponent, together with the Olympic Card, with a score of 46/50, while the blue player took the silver around his neck with 45/50. Bronze medal and Olympic Charter for the Turkish Oguzhan Tuzun.
Peaceful preparation
“This one in Doha was an important race to participate in. Already having the Charter allowed me to plan the season in a more serene way, distributing my energies in the best way to optimize the approach to the Games – explained De Filippis at the end of the final – In these three days I had the opportunity to measure myself with some of the best shooters on the world scene, who came here with the desire to do their best to win the passes up for grabs. It was an excellent test to evaluate my form. After the gold won at the Rabat World Cup at the beginning of the year, this silver confirms to me that I am on the right path." Giovanni Pellielo (Fiamme Azzurre) from Vercelli and Massimo Fabbrizi (Carabinieri) from Monteprandone (AP) remained out of the play-off final. Having closed the qualifications with a score of 121/125, the two Italians dueled with ten other shooters for two places in the final. With +3 Pellielo had to settle for tenth place and Fabbrizi for sixteenth with +0.
Tomorrow's appointments
Unfortunately, Italy missed the final in the women's competition. In the race won by the Slovak Zuzana Rehak Stefecekova, followed on the podium by the Australians Laetisha Scanlan and Penny Smith, our Jessica Rossi (Fiamme Oro) from Crevalcore (ITA) stopped in fifteenth place with a score of 116/125, while Maria Lucia Palmitessa (Fiamme Oro) from Monopoli (BA) in sixteenth with 115/125. The two Olympic cards up for grabs were awarded to the Frenchwoman Melanie Couzy and the Kazakhstani Mariya Dimitryenko. “Well done Mauro (De Filippis, ed.) who confirmed to me that he is in excellent shape, but also Johnny and Massimo (Pellielo and Fabbrizi, ed.) who arrived one step away from the final – commented the National Technical Director Marco Conti – For as for Jessica and Maria Lucia (Rossi and Pamitessa, ed.), they both had some technical problems in the first three series, but then they shot well, even if they didn't reach the final". Tomorrow the platforms of the Lusaill Shooting Complex will host the official Skeet training sessions, while on Thursday 25 April they will be engaged in the three series of Official Training sessions (source: FITAV).
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