The sextet is ready
The die is also cast for it Skeet: the Technical Director Andrea Benelli has formalized his sextet that will participate in the World Championship scheduled in Baku from August 14th to September 1st (but the Skeet competitions will be concentrated in the days from August 17th to 20th). Inevitably different was the criterion that informed the choices of the sixty-two-year-old Florentine selector (as an athlete: gold medal in Athens 2004 after the bronze in Atlanta 96) for the men's and women's fields. Two are the Olympic cards of women's skeet already acquired by Italy with Diana Bacosi (in 2022) and with Martina Bartolomei (at the EuroGames in Krakow in June), therefore for the world championship appointment the coach has summoned the Umbrian Tuscan Olympian in Rio and the athlete from Arezzo who will be joined by Simona Scocchetti from Viterbo from Tarquinia who in the recent World Cup in Lonato del Garda, although competing only for the achievement of points in the international ranking, was the author of a masterful competition ( 123/125).
The Olympics are approaching
However, the men's trio is conditioned by the need to pursue the pass for the French Olympics: in Baku Benelli will line up Tammaro Cassandro from Caserta (silver at the World Cup in Lonato del Garda in July), Erik Pittini (the "Viking" from Pordenone who made sparks in the first glimpse of the 2023 season) and an athlete with consolidated experience like the Rio Olympian Gabriele Rossetti from Pistoia.
Benelli's words
“The composition of the two teams was really difficult – explained Andrea Benelli – and even more in the case of the women's trio because at this moment I had so many athletes available in ideal conditions. I made my choices based on the most recent results which, moreover, have provided precise and reliable indications.” In the meantime, to warm up the engines, the group is meeting right now at the Concaverde in Lonato del Garda for a gathering that will involve the athletes with coach Benelli and with the athletic trainer Fabio Partigiani from 2 to 6 August (source: FITAV) .