Dunn Takes Silver in Skeet at Shotgun World Cup Final
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:48 am
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (September 29, 2008) – Haley Dunn (Eddyville, Iowa) brought home the first medal of the 2008 ISSF World Cup Final for the U.S. team today when she captured the silver in women’s skeet. The Shotgun World Cup Final is taking place in Minsk, Belarus and runs through Tuesday.
Dunn, the 2008 World Cup USA gold medalist and World Cup Beijing bronze medalist, went into the women’s skeet final in second place behind Andri Eleftheriou of Cyrpus with a qualification score of 71 out of 75 targets, while Eleftheriou had 73 targets. In the final, Dunn and Eleftheriou both hit 22 targets, which left Eleftheriou in first place taking home the gold, while Dunn claimed the silver with an overall score of 93 targets. Italy’s Katiuscia Spada took the bronze with 92 targets and four-time Olympian and 2008 silver medalist Kim Rhode (El Monte, Calif.) finished in fourth place at 91 targets after a shoot-off with Nathalie Larsson of Sweden. Two-time Olympian and 2008 World Cup USA bronze medalist, Connie Smotek (Bryan, Texas), finished the women’s skeet event in eighth place with 66 targets.
The women’s trap final was also held today with 1996 Olympian and U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU) member Theresa DeWitt (Cincinnati, Ohio) taking fifth place, which was the highest finish for the U.S. trap women. DeWitt, the 2008 World Cup USA gold medalist, entered the final in sixth place with 66 out of 75 targets and shot 20 out of 25 targets in the final to finish with a total of 86 targets. DeWitt’s USAMU teammate Joetta Dement (Renton, Wash.), finished in seventh place with 66 targets, while 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Corey Cogdell (Eagle River, Alaska) finished in 10th place, also with 66 targets. Dement and Cogdell were tied with DeWitt and two other shooters at 66 targets at the end of the qualification and DeWitt won the shoot-off to earn the sixth spot in the final. Irina Laricheva of the Russian Federation took the gold in women’s trap with a total of 94 targets, while Liu Yingzi of China claimed the silver with 92 targets and Italy’s Giulia Iannotti took home the bronze with 90 targets.
The men’s double trap event was held on Saturday with 2008 Olympian and USAMU member Jeff Holguin (Yorba Linda, Calif.), along with last year’s World Cup Final Champion and 2008 Olympic gold medalist, Glenn Eller (Katy, Texas), also member of the USAMU, finishing in seventh and 10th places respectively. Holguin ended the qualification with 136 out of 150 targets, while Eller had 135 targets, which did not qualify either for the final. Sweden’s Hakan Dahlby took the gold with 191 out of 200 targets. Hu Binyuan of China claimed the silver with 188 targets in a shoot-off with Vasily Mosin of the Russian Federation, who took home the bronze.
Fifty-eight shooters from 18 countries qualified for the 2008 ISSF World Cup Final. Among the shooters competing are the 15 2008 Beijing Olympic Medalists, the title defenders from the 2007 World Cup Final in Belgrade and the best shooters from the 2008 ISSF World Cup circuit who qualified by points from four World Cup Stages held in Kerrville, Texas; Beijing, China; Suhl, Germany and Belgrade, Serbia.
The 2008 ISSF World Cup Final for Shotgun will conclude on Tuesday, September 30 with the men’s trap and men’s skeet finals.
For complete World Cup Final results, please visit the following link on ISSF TV’s website: http://www.issf.tv/issftv_table.aspx?mo ... se=results
Mary Beth Vorwerk
USA Shooting
Media and Public Relations Manager
719-866-4896
www.usashooting.org
Dunn, the 2008 World Cup USA gold medalist and World Cup Beijing bronze medalist, went into the women’s skeet final in second place behind Andri Eleftheriou of Cyrpus with a qualification score of 71 out of 75 targets, while Eleftheriou had 73 targets. In the final, Dunn and Eleftheriou both hit 22 targets, which left Eleftheriou in first place taking home the gold, while Dunn claimed the silver with an overall score of 93 targets. Italy’s Katiuscia Spada took the bronze with 92 targets and four-time Olympian and 2008 silver medalist Kim Rhode (El Monte, Calif.) finished in fourth place at 91 targets after a shoot-off with Nathalie Larsson of Sweden. Two-time Olympian and 2008 World Cup USA bronze medalist, Connie Smotek (Bryan, Texas), finished the women’s skeet event in eighth place with 66 targets.
The women’s trap final was also held today with 1996 Olympian and U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU) member Theresa DeWitt (Cincinnati, Ohio) taking fifth place, which was the highest finish for the U.S. trap women. DeWitt, the 2008 World Cup USA gold medalist, entered the final in sixth place with 66 out of 75 targets and shot 20 out of 25 targets in the final to finish with a total of 86 targets. DeWitt’s USAMU teammate Joetta Dement (Renton, Wash.), finished in seventh place with 66 targets, while 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Corey Cogdell (Eagle River, Alaska) finished in 10th place, also with 66 targets. Dement and Cogdell were tied with DeWitt and two other shooters at 66 targets at the end of the qualification and DeWitt won the shoot-off to earn the sixth spot in the final. Irina Laricheva of the Russian Federation took the gold in women’s trap with a total of 94 targets, while Liu Yingzi of China claimed the silver with 92 targets and Italy’s Giulia Iannotti took home the bronze with 90 targets.
The men’s double trap event was held on Saturday with 2008 Olympian and USAMU member Jeff Holguin (Yorba Linda, Calif.), along with last year’s World Cup Final Champion and 2008 Olympic gold medalist, Glenn Eller (Katy, Texas), also member of the USAMU, finishing in seventh and 10th places respectively. Holguin ended the qualification with 136 out of 150 targets, while Eller had 135 targets, which did not qualify either for the final. Sweden’s Hakan Dahlby took the gold with 191 out of 200 targets. Hu Binyuan of China claimed the silver with 188 targets in a shoot-off with Vasily Mosin of the Russian Federation, who took home the bronze.
Fifty-eight shooters from 18 countries qualified for the 2008 ISSF World Cup Final. Among the shooters competing are the 15 2008 Beijing Olympic Medalists, the title defenders from the 2007 World Cup Final in Belgrade and the best shooters from the 2008 ISSF World Cup circuit who qualified by points from four World Cup Stages held in Kerrville, Texas; Beijing, China; Suhl, Germany and Belgrade, Serbia.
The 2008 ISSF World Cup Final for Shotgun will conclude on Tuesday, September 30 with the men’s trap and men’s skeet finals.
For complete World Cup Final results, please visit the following link on ISSF TV’s website: http://www.issf.tv/issftv_table.aspx?mo ... se=results
Mary Beth Vorwerk
USA Shooting
Media and Public Relations Manager
719-866-4896
www.usashooting.org