Girls’s Podium Sweep, USA Wins 5 Skeet Medals at 2025 ISSF World Cup in Lima
By Brittany Nelson, USAS Public Relations & Communications Supervisor
COLO SPRGS, CO (April 16, 2025) – Crew USA sweeps the rostrum with Kimberly Rhode, Samantha Simonton, and Dania Vizzi claiming gold, silver, and bronze, respectively, in Girls’s Skeet on the 2025 Worldwide Capturing Sports activities Federation (ISSF) World Cup in Lima, Peru, April 16. Christian Elliott and Dustan Taylor add to the U.S. medal depend with a gold and silver, respectively, in Males’s Skeet.
“I’m very grateful,” stated Rhode, an Olympic medalist in each double lure and skeet. “I’m very honored to have (my teammates) on the market and really honored that we had been in a position to sweep the rostrum for the U.S. I’m very proud of it.”
Kimberly Rhode, a six-time Olympic medalist, secured the gold medal after profitable a shoot-off with teammate Samantha Simonton. Rhode now has 26 ISSF World Cup gold medals bringing her whole World Cup medal depend to 40. Rhode’s unimaginable worldwide success is huge, with six Olympic medals, 5 Pan American Video games medals, six ISSF World Cup Finals medals, and 5 ISSF World Championships medals.
“I’ve had a protracted, lengthy street and hopefully it’s going to proceed all over LA28,”stated Rhode, an El Monte, California, native.
Simonton, the 2024 ISSF World Cup Remaining champion, provides to her worldwide success with this Lima World Cup silver. Simonton, a Sgt. within the U.S. Military Marksmanship Unit, had a robust exhibiting within the closing including to the USA podium sweep. Simonton’s qualification rating of 121/125 secured her spot within the closing.
“I’d have beloved to have received, however I’m comfortable to have made this closing and, on the rostrum, as a result of in Buenos Aires two weeks in the past I used to be one goal out of the ultimate,” stated Simonton, a three-time ISSF World Championship medalist. “I’m comfortable to be right here bettering, engaged on some issues, and getting primed and prepared for our U.S. choice match subsequent month.”
Vizzi, a Paris 2024 Olympian, joins Rhode and Simonton on the rostrum with the bronze. Vizzi bested Yiting Jiang, of China, who completed fourth. Vizzi most just lately earned gold on the 2025 ISSF Buenos Aires World Cup after profitable a shoot-off towards teammate Rhode. The duo shared the rostrum in Buenos Aires, including to the general U.S. medal depend of six.
“Though I didn’t get to deliver dwelling the gold once more, I’m so fortunate and comfortable to deliver dwelling a bronze and to do it with my teammates on the rostrum,” stated Vizzi, the 2023 Pan American Video games champion in Skeet Blended Crew.
See official Girls’s Skeet finals outcomes right here.
Taylor, a Employees Sgt. within the USAMU, claims gold in Males’s Skeet, marking his first particular person ISSF World Cup Medal. Taylor, a 2023 Pan American Video games medalist, is joined by Elliott on the rostrum. Elliott, the 2025 ISSF Buenos Aires champion, claims silver in a formidable closing. See official outcomes right here.
Taylor and Elliott shot qualification scores of 121/125 and 123/125, respectively, touchdown them within the closing. Adam McBee, who shot for rating factors solely, shot an exceptional qualification rating as nicely with 123/125.
The U.S. is at the moment ranked primary for medal depend on the Lima World Cup with 5 medals. The competitors continues with rifle and lure occasions this week. See the complete schedule right here.
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