ISSF World Cup (Osijek): Hector Flores-Crovetto win gold and
The fourth leg of the Skeet World Cup held in Osijek (Croatia) this week ended with the mixed team competition. Just as in the individual and team contests, the shooters supported by Gemini did not miss the medal. Francisca Crovetto Chadid along with Hector Andres Flores Barahona for Chile and Diana Bacosi for Italy stood on the podium.
Eighteen teams from twelve different countries competed for the most important medals. Amazingly, the competition was finally won by the Chilean duo including Hector Andres Flores Barahona and Francisca Crovetto Chadid, ranking first by only one target ahead of the Ukrainian team. It was a deep satisfaction for Francisca, who achieved her second medal in this stage and thanks to the silver one won in the previous individual challenge, is going to fly to Tokyo to represent her country.
Moreover Italy conquered a further podium placement, as the duo formed by Diana Bacosi and Gabriele Rossetti managed to reach the third position in the standings. After hitting 143 targets out of 150 in the qualification round the already crowned champion at Rio 2016 Olympic Games and the Fiamme Oro Italian Police athlete prevailed over the Czech Republic team by the score of 36 to 33, the latter also fielding two shooters relying on Gemini chokes, namely Barbora Sumova and Jakub Tomecek.
Conversely the pair of Chiara Cainero and Tammaro Cassandro missed the podium fininshing with a score of 141 out of 150 and thus making do with the seventh absolute palcement. However they both, came back to Italy with the medals won in team skeet contest and the gold obtained in the individual competition by Cassandro.
The last international skeet event before the Tokyo Olympic Games ends just as it began: Gemini shooters climbing the podium and much satisfaction. Our most heartfelt congratulations to Francisca, Hector Andres, Diana and all the athletes standing out in these days!
Now it’s up to the Trapshooting professionals to stand on the Croatian platforms.
