The eleventh edition of the Italian Open Green Cup, the international competition that is currently being held at the Tav Umbriaverde-Todi di Massa Martana Shooting Range (Province of Perugia) began in the name of Gemini.
The Umbrian facilities will host 500 athletes from 38 different nations for the occasion. An appointment that for ten years now has been unmissable for the most important trap and skeet shooters.
Among the specialists of the latter discipline, who already took the field last weekend, the winning performances of Domenico Simeone, Giancarlo Tazza and Danka Bartekovà coming from the World Cup leg that took place in Lonato del Garda, deserve to be mentioned.
The Italian ahletes made two of a kind with the men's skeet competition. Simeone qualiefied hitting 124 targets out of 125, while Tazza finished behind by only one point. In the last phase the two athletes, both supported by Gemini however as opponents on this occasion, competed fiercely in the final round to break the decisive target. As they were still tied in the last ten shots the mistake made by Tazza proved crucial. Hence the challenge between the Fiamme Oro fellow athletes ended in a victory of Domenico Simeone by just one point ahead (57/60).
In the women’s final round our Danka Bartekovà, coached by the Italian Sandro Bellini, was crowned winner overcoming the revelation or the day Austen Smith by one single target, with a final score of 55 out of 60, which allowed her to achieve the gold medal.
As for the mixed team, the squad Italia 3 compopsed of Giancarlo Tazza and Simona Scocchetti upheld the honour of the Tricolour flag. After an excellent qualification round, the Italian pair stood on the shooting platform aware that our tough opponent wore the Stars and Stripes. Tazza was flawless from the earliest moments while his teammate committed a few mistakes. Some subsequent slip-ups of the American team seemed to rekindle the final, but immediately the Simonton-Stewart duo managed to recover and took the reins of the competition, winning gold. Tazza and Scocchetti were thus awarded with a praiseworthy silver medal, hitting 33 targets.
Congratulations to Domenico, Giancarlo and Danka on the medals they attained, to be added to Gemini's palmarès along with those gained during the 2021 World Cup Italian stage in this month of May full of satisfactions. The best Trapshooting athletes are going to stand on the shooting platforms at Tav Umbriaverde shooting range during the upcoming competition day which will take place next weekend. Naturally Gemini won’t fail to participate in the event shoring up those adopting our chokes!