By Brittany Nelson, USAS Public Relations & Communications Supervisor
COLO SPRGS, CO (July 10, 2025) – Crew USA delivered a dominant efficiency in skeet at one of the difficult worldwide competitions of the season, with Vincent Hancock and Sam Simonton successful gold and Dania Vizzi incomes silver on the 2025 Worldwide Capturing Sports activities Federation (ISSF) Lonato World Cup on July 8.
Hancock’s medal marks his thirtieth ISSF World Cup medal, and twenty second ISSF gold, bringing his general worldwide medal rely to an astonishing 56. The Lonato World Cup was Vincent Hancock’s first worldwide competitors for the reason that Paris 2024 Olympic Video games, the place he earned two medals and made historical past by successful his fourth Olympic gold in Males’s Skeet. He grew to become simply the sixth Olympian ever to win 4 gold medals in the identical occasion.
“It’s unbelievable,” mentioned Hancock when requested about his accomplishment. “I might select to hit each milestone right here as a result of that is at all times the largest World Cup of the yr. When you win the World Cup or World Championships in Lonato, it means you’ve performed one thing. I don’t take this frivolously in any respect and this implies lots to me.”
Hancock, who has gained two Males’s Skeet World Champion titles in Lonato, earned his most up-to-date World Cup gold after an intense shoot-off in opposition to Henrik Jansson, of Sweden, who positioned second.
“There was nothing straightforward about that remaining,” mentioned Hancock, who’s at present ranked primary on this planet for Males’s Skeet. “The wind picked up simply as we have been strolling out to do out take a look at fires. I assumed ‘Oh that is going to be somewhat sporty right now.’ Everyone did in addition to they might. I undoubtedly missed extra targets than I ought to have, some have been wind, some have been simply me, however I’m grateful to have the ability to come out on high right now.”
See official Males’s Skeet outcomes right here.
Simonton topped the rostrum in Lonato, incomes her first ISSF World Cup gold medal of the yr and third worldwide medal of the 2025 season. She was joined by teammate Vizzi who earned silver.
“I really feel nice,” mentioned Simonton when requested about her victory. “That is what I wished to do and why I got here right here. Capturing the qualification spherical, I actually thought I used to be performed after the primary day and the third spherical. However I got here again and shot an influence 50 and acquired a shot on the remaining.”
Simonton’s victory marks her first gold medal on the famend Lonato World Cup, constructing on the silver she earned on the occasion in 2023.
Vizzi, a Paris 2024 Olympian, has now medaled on the Lonato World Cup for 3 consecutive years. The 2022 World Champion has added a 3rd worldwide medal to her rising checklist of 2025 accomplishments.
“I like it right here,” mentioned Vizzi when requested concerning the Lonato World Cup. “It’s a stunning vary and a stupendous nation. So many individuals come to this World Cup, and we simply put a lot effort into our qualification rating, and the finals, after all. It’s a must to work actually exhausting right here. In fact, we at all times need the gold, however it’s actually nice to come back again with a silver.”
See official Girls’s Skeet outcomes right here.
The U.S. Girls’s Skeet staff has lengthy been a powerhouse on the worldwide stage and continues to dominate in 2025. Vizzi and Simonton joined Kim Rhode for a Crew USA podium sweep earlier this yr on the 2025 ISSF Lima World Cup.
The U.S. Shotgun staff has already earned a powerful 17 medals on the first 4 Phrase Cups of the 2025 season in addition to ten medals the 2025 Junior Shotgun CAT Video games.
Crew USA at present holds probably the most medals of any nation on the Lonato World Cup. The U.S. entice staff appears so as to add to that rely as they put together to compete. Comply with USA Capturing on Fb, Instagram, and X, for the newest outcomes.
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