Richmond Wins First World Championship in Junior Men's DT

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LANOTO, Italy – Pvt. Joshua Richmond (Hillsgrove, Pa.) won the first gold medal for the U.S. at the 2005 ISSF World Shotgun Championships in junior men’s double trap, today, in Lanoto, Italy. Richmond, a shooter for the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, won his first World Championship medal with a total score of 132, five points above his next competitor, Byron Swanton, of the Republic of South Africa.



Richmond also led the U.S. to the medal stand for a second time today, in the junior men’s team event. Richmond, Matthew Drexler (Kearney, Mo.) and Cory Sidorek (Dallas, Pa.) won a bronze medal with a 366 total team performance. Italy’s junior team won the gold with a 368, while Russia’s junior team took the silver with a 367.



In men’s double trap, Jeff Holguin (Yorba Linda, Calif.) went into the finals tied for second place, but emerged after the 50 target final in fourth. Holguin, a Colorado Springs Olympic Training Center resident athlete, missed nine targets in the finals to finish with a 182 total score. Ahmed Almaktoum, of the United Arab Emirates, finished with the gold with a 189, while China’s Nan Wang clinched second with a 187. Jung Hwan Park, of Korea, took bronze with a 185.



Holguin was able to lead the men’s U.S. team to the medal stand, though; along with Sgt. First Class Bret Erickson (Buena Vista, Ga.) and Glenn Eller (Katy, Texas), the men’s double trap team took the bronze with a 406 total team score. China took first in the team event with a 414 and the United Arab Emirates took second with a 411.



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