COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 12, 2008) - Vincent Hancock (Eatonton, Ga.) captured the gold medal in the Men’s Skeet event on the final day of competition at the 2008 ISSF World Cup for Shotgun in Suhl, Germany.
Nineteen-year-old Hancock, a World Champion and current world record holder, entered the final in first place with 123 qualification targets and shot an excellent final round of 24 hits, finishing in first place to take home the gold medal with a total score of 147 targets.
Of missing a single target on the third station in the final, Hancock said, “It happens. I have been working on that with my coaches and when you miss a target it’s important to remain focused. Bad things out, positive thinking in.”
United States Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU) member Hancock is the reigning Pan American Games Champion and the 2007 World Cup Italy Champion, where he set the world record in Men’s Skeet. Hancock will be representing the U.S. on his first Olympic team in Beijing this August.
The silver medal went to France’s Anthony Terras, who finished in second place with a total score of 145 targets. He had entered the final in fourth place with a qualification score of 120 targets, but he managed to climb up the scoreboard after shooting a perfect score of 25 targets in the final. Italy’s Ennio Falco claimed the bronze medal in a shoot-off. The 1996 Olympic Champion Falco shot six hits to Leos Hlavacek’s (Czech Republic) five hits in the shoot-off to win the medal with 144+6 targets. Hlavacek took fourth place with 144+5 targets.
Antonakis Andreou of Cyprus and Cristian Eleuteri of Italy finished in fifth and sixth places with total scores of 143 and 140 targets respectively.
For complete World Cup Suhl results, please visit the following link on ISSF TV’s website: http://www.issf.tv/issftv_table.aspx?mo ... se=results
Vincent Hancock Claims Gold at World Cup Suhl
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