Derrick Mein place fifth in Men’s Trap at Paris 2024: Trap Complete at Olympic Games

By Brittany Nelson, USAS Public Relations & Communications Supervisor

CHATEAUROUX, France (July 31, 2024) – Derrick Mein, of Paola, Kansas, completed fifth total in Males’s Lure on the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games, July 29. All 4 lure athletes have completed their Olympic competitors on the Chateauroux Capturing Rage in France.

Mein, the 2022 World Champion, labored his method as much as qualify for the ultimate, the place solely the highest six shooters compete for the coveted Olympic medals.

After the primary qualification day, Mein shot a complete of 75 targets and completed with a rating of 72 touchdown him within the twelfth place spot. On the second qualification day, Mein shot an ideal 50 out of fifty targets. His spectacular efficiency landed him in a three-way tie for sixth place. Mein battled it out in a shoot off to earn his fifth place end and a spot within the closing. View official scores right here.

Mein earned fifth place after beating James Willet, of Australia, who completed sixth. Mein noticed a drastic enchancment from his final Olympic efficiency in Tokyo 2020 the place he completed twenty fourth total. Mein has seen nice success for the reason that Tokyo Video games. He most not too long ago earned gold in Males’s Lure and bronze in Males’s Lure Workforce on the 2024 Championship of the Americas (CAT). On the 2023 ISSF World Championship he earned gold in Males’s Lure Workforce and silver in Blended Lure Workforce.

Will Hinton, of Dacula, Georgia, made his Olympic debut in Males’s Lure on the Paris Video games. He shot a rating of 116/125 and completed twenty seventh total. Hinton, a 2023 ISSF World Championship Males’s Lure Workforce gold medalist, is a Employees Sgt. within the U.S Military Marksmanship Unit. He represented the Military in Paris alongside Employees Sgt. Rachel Tozier.

Tozier, a Pattonsburg, Missouri native, additionally made her Olympic debut in Paris. The 2023 Pan American Video games bronze medalist competed in Ladies’s Lure. She shot a rating of 116/125 and completed in 18th place.

Ryann Phillips, of Gail, Texas, joined the duo as a primary time Olympian in Paris. Phillips, a 2024 CAT Video games two-time medalist, shot a rating of 116/125 and completed in sixteenth place.

The skeet workforce is on the point of begin their Olympic competitors on Aug. 2.

View the total schedule of the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games right here.

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