By Brittany Nelson, USAS Public Relations & Communications Supervisor
COLO SPRGS, CO (Could 15, 2024)- USA Taking pictures athletes, Austen Smith, Dania Vizzi, and Dustan Taylor introduced residence some coveted {hardware} from the 2024 Worldwide Taking pictures Sports activities Federation (ISSF) Baku World Cup, Could 1-12.
Smith, who’s certified for the Olympic Video games Paris 2024, topped the rostrum in Girls’s Skeet, incomes a gold medal. Smith was among the many high six athletes to qualify for the ultimate after taking pictures a rating of 119 out of 125. Smith was in a 5 manner tie for third place after the qualification spherical and received the shoot off to earn the third place bib for the finals.
Smith, of Keller Texas, earned her champion title by outshooting Martina Maruzzo, of Italy, who earned second. Smith’s victory added to her general worldwide medal rely which is now at a formidable 23. Smith went on to compete in Blended Workforce Skeet with Conner Prince on the Baku World Cup. The duo completed fourth general. Prince might be becoming a member of Smith on the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 this summer time.
Vizzi and Taylor took their place on the rostrum after profitable a silver medal in Blended Workforce Skeet. The duo completed first general within the qualification spherical after taking pictures a outstanding mixed rating of 146 out of 150. Each athletes solely dropped two targets every. The pair competed within the gold medal match the place they fell simply wanting Chile who earned gold.
Taylor’s medal comes as no shock as he has seen worldwide success recently. On the 2023 Pan American Video games Taylor teamed up with Smith to earn bronze in Blended Workforce Skeet. Taylor, of Staley, North Carolina, noticed extra worldwide achievement final yr when he earned gold in Males’s Skeet Workforce on the ISSF Rabat World Cup.
Vizzi has additionally been on a roll within the worldwide realm. The Odessa, Florida, native joined her American teammate on the rostrum on the 2023 Pan American Video games by incomes gold in Blended Skeet Workforce with Vincent Hancock. Vizzi’s worldwide medal rely is as much as a whopping 19. The 2017 World Champion is certified for the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 and might be competing in Girls’s Skeet in addition to Blended Workforce Skeet with Conner Prince.
Rachel Tozier and Aeriel Skinner made finals appearances in Girls’s Entice. Tozier, who’s certified for Paris 2024, shot a 115 out of 125 touchdown her in a 4 manner tie for second place. After a handful of shoot offs, her qualification spherical end was third place. She went on to take fourth place within the last. Skinner, of Jackson, California, additionally discovered herself within the 4 manner tie for second place by taking pictures 115 out of 125 within the qualification spherical. Within the last Skinner completed fifth general.
Additionally making finals appearances within the Baku World Cup had been rifle athletes Mary Tucker and Rylan Kissell. Kissell made the Males’s 10m Air Rifle last after taking pictures a rating of 632 within the qualification spherical. The Denver, Colorado, native completed seventh general within the last. Kissell isn’t any stranger to worldwide success. The Alaska Fairbanks alumni earned two medals on the 2023 Pan American Video games and was on the 2023 ISSF World Championship workforce. Kissell completed second general in Males’s Air Rifle on the U.S. Olympic Trials- taking pictures.
Tucker, who’s certified for Paris 2024, earned a spot within the Girls’s 10m Air Rifle last by taking pictures a qualification rating of 631.8. The Tokyo silver Olympic medalist completed fifth general within the last. Tucker introduced residence her personal share of medals from the 2023 Pan American Video games. She earned two gold medals and one bronze.
Tucker and Kissell went on to shoot in 10m Air Rifle Blended Workforce on the Baku World Cup, an occasion that might be shot on the Olympic Video games Paris 2024.
With nearly two months till the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 start, the workforce is buckling down and getting ready for the occasion of a lifetime.
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