COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (September 30, 2008) – The 2008 ISSF World Cup Final for shotgun came to a close in Minsk, Belarus today with 2008 Olympic gold medalist Vincent Hancock (Eatonton, Ga.) taking home the silver medal in the men’s skeet event.
Hancock, the 2008 World Cup Suhl gold medalist and member of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU), entered the men’s skeet final with a qualification score of 123 out of 125 targets, after hitting 23 targets in his first match, followed by four straight perfect 25s in his next four matches. Hancock went into the final tied for first place with Tore Brovold of Norway, who was the silver medalist in Beijing, after losing a shoot-off for the gold to Hancock.
In the final, Brovold shot a perfect 25 targets to Hancock’s 24 targets to claim the gold with a final of 148, giving Hancock the silver with 147. Jan Sychra of the Czech Republic earned the bronze with 144 targets after a shoot-off with Abdullah Alrashidi of Kuwait.
Frank Thompson (Alliance, Neb.) finished in 11th place with a qualification score of 115 targets. This was Thompson’s first World Cup Final appearance.
In men’s trap, 2008 Olympian Dominic Grazioli (San Antonio, Texas) missed a spot in the final by one target, finishing the qualification round in seventh place with 117 targets. Four-time Olympian Bret Erickson (Muenster, Texas) was unable to finish the match due to a shoulder injury.
Italy’s Giovanni Pellielo, the silver medalist from Beijing, shot a perfect 25 in the final and took home the gold in men’s trap with an overall score of 145 targets. Michael Diamond of Australia earned the silver with 144 targets and 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Alexey Alipov of Russia captured the bronze with 142 targets.
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Mary Beth Vorwerk
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Vincent Hancock Captures Silver at World Cup Final
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