Four years later, Lonato is once again the world capital of skeet shooting. Last December, the general assembly of the ISSF (International Shooting Sport Federation) gathered in Munich, Germany, awarded Italy the organization of the skeet shooting world championship, which will be held from 30 June to 11 July. The candidacy of Concaverde from Lonato del Garda obtained 140 votes, against 109 from Larnaca (Cyprus) and 14 from Granada (Spain). This is a historic "double", just in the year preceding the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, as the Lonatese facility was also designated to host, in September, from 3 to 17, the European Championships, where they will be awarded eight Olympic cards, split equally between male and female trap and skeet.
"We are ready to host a great World Championship, an important event in view of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games - proudly affirmed Luciano Rossi, president of FITAV (Italian Shooting Federation) - Italy is very ready to accept the challenge with its athletes, its companies, its history and its culture. Our Federation is proud to be able to organize this event in Lonato, a facility that is considered one of the planetary capitals of skeet shooting, as well as to experience again the hospitality of one of the most popular tourist areas of our country and to benefit from the direct contact with the most famous brands of the industry in the sector. A big welcome therefore goes to foreigners, given that so far the registrations of 86 nations have already arrived: another all-Italian record that, without a doubt, we have shown we know how to deserve ».
The planetary appointment will be preceded, Saturday morning 22 June at 10, from presentation press conference, in the Concaverde congress hall, while on the evening of July 1st, after the trial shots and the usual checks, starting from 20, directly on the shooting ranges, the opening ceremony will take place. For the occasion, numerous sports, institutional and military Authorities will be present and the acrobatic dance show of the ElementZ group will be held, fresh from participation in Italia's Got Talent. From Tuesday 2 July it will start to get serious, with the qualifying phases for the athletes of the Olympic pit, which will culminate in the individual finals of 3 July and in those mixed team (mixed team, one man and one woman), the new Olympic specialty, of July 4th. On Friday 5 July the double trap will be the protagonist, with male and female junior skeet shooters engaged in elimination heats, while from Saturday 6 to Wednesday 10 July all skeet shooters, of all kinds and ages, will be engaged on the platform, hunting for individual and couple medals.
"We are honored by the demonstration of trust by our Federation and by the many nations that have supported our candidacy - he declared Ivan Carella, president of the host structure - We organized the first world championship in 2005 and the second in 2015. I was expecting the third in 2025, but the wait was shorter. This can only make us proud. We know the responsibility we have, we are aware of the great expectations but, with the help of everyone, we are ready to hit the mark again ».