U.S. Shotgun Workforce Earns 4 Medals at Final World Cup Earlier than Paris Olympics
By Brittany Nelson, USAS Public Relations & Communications Supervisor
COLO SPRGS, CO (June 18, 2024) – The U.S. Shotgun crew earned 4 medals on the Worldwide Taking pictures Sports activities Federation (ISSF) Lonato World Cup, June 10-19, the final World Cup earlier than the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 July 26- Aug. 11.
The U.S. took dwelling essentially the most medals of all of the international locations competing. The American crew earned {hardware} within the following: Conner Prince, silver in Males’s Skeet; Dania Vizzi, silver in Girls’s Skeet; Austen Smith, bronze in Girls’s Skeet; Vincent Hancock and Austen Smith, gold in Blended Workforce Skeet. All medalists will probably be competing within the Paris Video games this summer season the place the Blended Skeet Workforce occasion will probably be making its Olympic debut.
Prince, of Burleson, Texas, certified for the Males’s Skeet finals after taking pictures a 123 out of 125 within the qualification spherical after which profitable a shot off. Prince earned second place within the last by taking pictures 53 out of 60 targets, ousting Rashid Al-Athba of Qatar, who completed third. Prince will probably be making his Olympic debut this summer season in Paris. He will probably be taking pictures Males’s Skeet and Blended Skeet Workforce with Dania Vizzi.
Vizzi, of Odessa, Florida, earned her spot within the Girls’s Skeet finals by taking pictures 121 out of 125 within the qualification spherical. She was in a 3 method tie for first place within the qualification spherical and earned the primary finals bib after profitable a shoot off. Vizzi earned silver within the finals by taking pictures a 56 out of 60. Vizzi can also be making her Olympic debut this summer season the place she will probably be competing in Girls’s Skeet and Blended Workforce Skeet.
Smith, a Keller, Texas, native, was additionally within the three method tie for first place within the Girls’s Skeet qualification spherical with a 121 out of 125. She earned herself the second place bib in a shoot off. Smith earned a bronze medal within the finals after out taking pictures teammate Sam Simonton who positioned fourth. Smith went on to earn gold with Hancock in Blended Workforce Skeet. Smith, a Tokyo 2020 Olympian, will probably be competing in Girls’s Skeet and Blended Workforce Skeet with Hancock in Paris.
Hancock, of Eatonton, Georgia, paired up with Smith to shoot a mixed whole of 147 out of 150 within the qualification spherical of Blended Workforce Skeet. The duo got here out on high within the gold medal match, defeating the Kuwait crew. Hancock and Smith make a powerful crew going into the Paris Olympics for Blended Skeet. The pair earned gold within the occasion on the 2023 ISSF World Championships. Hancock, a three-time Olympic gold medalist, may even be competing in Males’s Skeet this summer season in Paris. The three-time Pan American Video games Champion is trying to make historical past in Paris. If he wins one other gold medal in Males’s Skeet, he’ll grow to be the sixth athlete ever to win the identical particular person Olympic occasion 4 occasions and solely the fourth American to take action.
The shotgun crew and the remainder of the U.S. taking pictures crew is gearing up for the Paris Olympics Video games that kick off July 26. View the U.S. Olympic taking pictures crew roster right here.
The Paralympic Video games happen shortly after the Olympics, beginning Aug. 28. View the U.S. Paralympic taking pictures crew roster right here.
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