The newspaper Republic celebrates Olympic silver in skeet in its own way, with an article that indicates the rifle as a weapon used in this sport. The National President Arch Hunting Maffei for this, wrote the following letter reporting the error.
Dear Director,
we read with pleasure and attention the article by Fabio Tonacci appeared on Tuesday 27 July on p. 35, relating to skeet shooting and the extraordinary result of Diana Bacosi with the silver medal. We thank you as fans of skeet shooting and Diana. Allow us some clarifications from "fans" precisely and a little 'also from connoisseurs of the "tool" that is used in this "sport". The skeet skeet shooting it is practiced with a smooth-bore shotgun with overlapping barrels. You do not shoot with "carbines" (rifled guns) or shotguns. Vivaddio, the shotgun, which was the weapon used for pigeon shooting - banned for some time thanks also to rules desired by hunters - is an activity, if illegally practiced, punishable by law.
He will ask himself the reason for these clarifications which may appear meticulous but for us it is like saying that Formula 1 is raced with a rally car. We hope that many young people will follow the passion of Diana Bacosi. The first condition is to know the details of this discipline, its rules, the "tools", the techniques and the necessary concentration, then you can also decide that this "sport" is not for us (Source: Arch Hunting).