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Opening ceremony of the World Championship clay pigeon shooting 2017 in the "Fox Hole", held on August 31, 2017 in the Moscow region, Russia.
More than 650 athletes literally from all over the world gathered at the shooting range in the Fox Hole near Moscow to compete for 24 sets of Championship medals.
Enchanting opening of the competition will be discussed in shooting circles for a long time; literally all participants are impressed by the unprecedented living conditions and the high level of organization of the tournament.
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September 2, 2017, “Fox Hole”, podium of the winners of the 2017 World Shotgun Shooting Championships, trap, women: silver - Yulia Savelyeva, Russia, gold - Maria Lucia Palmitessa, Italy, bronze - Diana Ghilarducci, Italy.
The shooters were the first to start in the trench test exercise. Excellent weather conditions, warm autumn sun and calm conditions contributed to high results. The Italian national team once again showed a high level of readiness and aspirations.
At first Maria Lucia Palmitessa took gold among juniors, then Olympic champion in London 2012 Jessica Rossi won her third career World Champion title, this time with a shotgun Beretta DT11. IN team competition Juniors from Italy took first place, Russians came second, and girls from the USA took bronze. Among women, the best team is the USA, the Finns are second, the Italians are third.
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September 3, 2017, “Fox Hole”, podium of the winners of the 2017 World Shotgun Shooting Championships, trap, men, final: silver - Edward Ling, Great Britain, gold - Daniele Resca, Italy, bronze - Jiri Liptak, Czech Republic.
The finish of the men's trench qualifying test was rare in terms of drama and intensity of passions. All of Russia was rooting with hope for its top - Alexey Alipov, but, unfortunately for everyone, he failed to make it to the finals from the shootout. Once again, fortune was on the side of the Italians. This time Daniele Resca, performing with a Perazzi gun, he won his first Championship. Silver Edward Ling from Great Britain, bronze Jiri Liptak from the Czech Republic, gold among juniors Clement Francis Andre Bourgue from France, silver Matteo Marongiu from Italy, bronze - y Jack Wallace from Australia.
The third day of the tournament on the ramp was dedicated to a new, rapidly gaining popularity Olympic discipline: mixed team competition. More than 49 couples started early in the morning to compete for the next set of medals. By the way, the design of the medals and gold embroidered ribbons is beyond praise, they are simply unique and serve as a worthy motivator for participants. After a stubborn struggle, the champions in mixed doubles were a pair from Australia, the second were the Spaniards, and the mixed pair from the USA took bronze.
Results of the 2017 World Shotgun Championship: September 05, 2017
The 2017 World Skeet Shooting Championship continues to gather momentum in Lisya Nora, Moscow Region. So far the Russian national team has not had a rich harvest: silver in the championship among juniors Yulia Savelyeva and team bronze in the junior championship.
But! On 09/05/17 the tournament among doublets started.
Almost 60 athletes, men and women, demonstrated their dedication to their favorite discipline, despite the negative news background. The elimination of the Double Gangway from the 2020 Olympic Games program, on the contrary, only contributed to its popularity. To confirm this, let’s just say that for a full-fledged Women’s World Championship there were only three participants missing and the tournament organizers were forced to hold the Grand Prix.
Please note that the weather changed dramatically during the competition days and the participants experienced heavy rain combined with fairly low temperatures. Simply put: it was downright cold and damp. The world leaders set the tone here too: the Italian team took gold in the team competition, silver from the Chinese, the first “adult” medals of the championship were won by a glorious trio of Russians: Vasily Mosin, Vitaly Fokeev and Artyom Nekrasov once again proved the high status and potential of the Russian Double ladder.
In the women's tournament, the Italians again won gold, England won silver, and the Russian team won bronze!
The men's final was accompanied by rain. The cold did not in any way diminish the ardor and claims for gold of its participants. Elimination after the first 30 targets of the recognized favorite was perceived as a tragedy Daniele De Spigno, after her, ours became the undisputed contender for gold Vitaly Fokeev. Firmly taking the thread of shooting into his experienced hands, he beat the Indian Ankur Mital in a champion's manner and won the first gold medal for Russia at this championship. Bronze for the Chinese Hu Binyang.
In the junior finals, gold went to James Deadman from Great Britain, silver went to Awar Rizvi from India, bronze went to Kui Ying from China. By the way, all the finalists used guns Perazzi.
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The leader of the Russian round-robin competitions is Albina Shakirova.
The victorious tone set by the Russian doubletists was conveyed by the representatives of the round stand who started right behind them. The leader of the Russian roundabouts confidently played the entire tournament, made the biggest contribution to the team bronze and won the long-awaited silver medal! The American has the gold Denmark Vizzi, bronze Andry Elefthereou from Cyprus. In the team competition, the American women became world champions, the Italians won silver, and the Russian women won bronze!
In the championship among juniors, the American trio had no equal: Monica Jacob, Jewel Smith And Samantha Simonton took up the entire podium. Czech Republic juniors won silver in the junior team championship, German women won bronze.
The end of the men's tournament at the monastery was full of drama. The fate of the Russian team's gold medals was in the hands of Nikolai Teply. He had to complete the team tournament and, at the same time, fight to reach the finals. The fact is that the Russians led the entire championship with a minimal advantage of one target.
Nikolai did not flinch and, like a man, completed his round without a single mistake, but the Italian skiers turned out to be stronger: for three of them they did not make a single mistake in last round and with a finishing spurt they snatched gold from the Russians! The Czechs deservedly took the bronze medals of the championship.
All of Russia was waiting with enthusiasm and faith for the final at the men's monastery. But, unfortunately for everyone, the shooting Nikolay Teply and Alexander Zemlin, as they say, didn’t go well: 5th and 6th places, respectively, became a cold shower for all of us. Gold in the magnificent manner of an Olympic champion was won by Gabriele Rosetti from Italy, performing with a gun Perazzi Nicolo Zangirolami
At the 2017 World Shotgun Shooting Championships, Nikolai Teply and Nadezhda Konovalova in the skit exercise, mixed teams won the long-awaited first place.
The final day of the World Championship was a real triumph for the Russian national team. The last chord turned golden for us. Nikolay Teply and Nadezhda Konovalova In the skete exercise, mixed teams won the long-awaited first place, consistently beating the Italians and Americans, who were content with bronze and silver, respectively.
Overall winner of the World Championship by number of medals became the Italian team: 17 medals! The USA athletes finished second, the Russians, the hosts of the championship, came third with 8 medals.
Traditionally, the World Shooting Championships are held in the summer in the same year as the winter championships. Olympic Games. But those who devote themselves to skeet shooting are luckier - for those who like skeet shooting, separate world championships are held in odd-numbered years, so they have much more opportunities to win medals. This year, the world skeet shooting tournament came to the Moscow region, to the Fox Hole shooting complex. Russia has never hosted such competitions, although they have been held since the mid-30s of the last century.
The current World Cup is unique in its own way. This summer, the International Olympic Committee made changes to the program of the Olympic Games in Tokyo. The male double ladder is no longer included in it, as well as women's competitions, which took place from 1996 to 2004. This is not very good news for the Russian team - in this discipline, domestic shooters have always been favorites, and Vasily Mosin's bronze in 2012 is proof of this.
Now, instead of the male double ladder in Olympic program includes mixed competitions in a regular trap, and the World Championships in Moscow are the first at which this discipline became competitive along with a mixed skeet tournament. Previously, this type of shooting, which involves one man and one woman per country, was present only at the continental championships and the 2015 European Games in Baku.
But first, the shooters who came to Moscow competed for medals in individual trap competitions. The Italian team was, as always, at its best. Daniele Resca won individual and team gold among men, Olympic champion 2012 Jessica Rossi became the best in the world for the third time.
“I am very happy that I won the gold medal at the World Championships. I worked very hard to achieve this result. Now I can't wait to go home to celebrate this event with my family and friends. This is my first time in Russia. I really liked it here. And here, in the “Fox Hole”, everything is well arranged, well organized. The shooting range is not the easiest, but very beautiful. And that makes it especially nice to win. I’m happy that I’m here,” R-Sport quotes Reska.
The Russian shooters were left on the ramp without medals. Best result showed Olympic champion 2004 Alexey Alipov. He hit 121 out of 125 plates and, together with six other athletes, had to determine the four finalists in a shootout. Alipov made two mistakes in the first series and immediately dropped out of further competition, eventually taking ninth place.
“Basically, everything worked out for me. It was hard to catch up, given that the first day did not go well, but, in essence, I managed. I can’t say that I have any complaints about myself. I did a great job today. Nevertheless, external factors brought me down and prevented me. I really want to win the world championship in trap, because I don’t have a personal gold medal in my collection. And I promise you that I will do it anyway. Of course, I plan to perform in Tokyo, and then at the Olympic Games in 2024. Before that time, I’ll still shoot, if I have enough health and the competition within our team doesn’t grow, which can push me,” Alipov shared his plans for the future after personal competitions.
Among the women, Ekaterina Rabaya was higher than her teammates - she was in 25th place. However, in the mixed pairs competition, it was not she who ended up in the duet with Alipov, but Tatyana Barsuk. With this lineup, they won the European Games and the European Championship, so it was logical to give them the right to fight for the first World Championship medals in the new Olympic discipline.
In qualifying, Alipov showed himself with the best side— he scored 50 points out of 50 possible. Badger was able to hit 45 targets, and this result was enough to reach the semi-finals, where six best teams. But then the Russians were unable to take either first place to participate in the duel for gold, or second place to compete for bronze. In the end, Australians Derek Grice and Penny Smith became champions.
The only medals that the hosts received as a result of the competition in the trench stand were brought by junior Yulia Savelyeva in her age category. She became second not only in individual competitions, but also in team competitions - together with Polina Knyazeva and Angelina Rudneva.
“This is my last junior year. The next season is already at the adult level. I have prospects. I think I will succeed at this level too. Although, of course, the competition will be much higher: there are a lot of experienced rivals. I still need to improve and improve, I’m ready to work hard. I will fight! I have a goal - olympic medal“said the 20-year-old athlete.
Next on the World Championship program was the double trap, which, without Olympic prospects, was destined for a place on the periphery shooting sports. Some shooters will now have to move on to other disciplines, while others will have to complete their sports path. One of the leaders of the Russian national team, Vitaly Fokeev, who participated in four Olympics, decided to take this step. But before that, he put a beautiful end to his career - on Tuesday he became the world champion for the second time, now celebrating his victory at native land. In qualifying, Fokeev did not score the most respectable amount - 141 points, but in the final he fought until the very end and was two points ahead of the Indian Ankur Mittal.
“My career has been a success. Most likely, I will finish it in October. And in principle, nothing can interfere with this decision. Enough already, I've had enough! I have all the titles - European, World, Cup, and Cup Finals. I will be 44 years old, it’s time to think about raising children. I think I’ll become a coach,” Fokeev said.
The guests of the Moscow World Championship have competitions in the monastery ahead. One important conclusion can already be drawn: changes in the Olympic skeet shooting program are unlikely to benefit the Russian team. Instead of a potential medal for Fokeev, there will only be a tough fight for awards in the mixed trap tournament.
The World Championships in three skeet shooting exercises (trap, double-trap and skeet) were held from September 1 to 10 at the Fox Hole shooting complex near Moscow. The Russians won two gold, four silver and two bronze medals. The winners of the championship were Vitaly Fokeev in double trap and Nadezhda Konovalova paired with Nikolai Teply in mixed team competitions in the skete.
The first in the medal standings were the shooters of the Italian team (9−6−2), the second were the Americans (5−1−6). This competition also included the World Junior Championships, which took place at the same time in the Fox Hole.
Finale to the sounds of the Russian anthem.
An athlete competes in the trap discipline at the World Shotgun Shooting Championships.
On Sunday, the tournament ended on a positive note for the hosts to the sounds of the Russian anthem, which happened thanks to the victory of Nikolai Teply and Nadezhda Konovalova in the mixed team competition in the monastery. “We’ve already heard enough of the American and Italian anthems here, we’ve learned all their words by heart. So I told the guys to make sure that we listen to our Russian anthem,” the senior coach said at the end national team in the skete Oleg Tishin.
Americans Hayden Stewart and Danya Jo Vizzi were second, losing to the Russians in the final with a score of 27:30; bronze was won by Italians Tammaro Cassandro and Katyusha Spada.
The monastery started with personal competition among women, which was won by American Vizzi, silver was won by Russian Albina Shakirova. “Albina survived the final almost to the end,” shared the 2010 world champion in the monastery Valery Shomin.
“Of course, the task before me was to win gold,” Shakirova herself said. - Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough. But I’m incredibly glad that I overcame my anxiety.” Bronze went to Andri Eleftheriou from Cyprus (43).
In the team competition (determined based on the results of qualifications) of the women's skete, the Americans won gold, the Italians took second place, and the Russians, consisting of Shakirova, Anastasia Krakhmaleva and Konovalova, took third place.
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In the individual competition of the monastery for men, there were no Russians on the podium, despite the fact that two of them, Teply (6th final position) and Alexander Zemlin (5th), made it to the finals. “In qualifying, the guys showed good result, having shot well. And the final starts from scratch, this is a rather difficult matter,” commented the experienced Shomin, who is now the coach of the junior group of the Russian national team in the monastery.
The world champion in the monastery was the Rio 2016 Olympic champion, Italian Gabriele Rossetti, who liked Russia and would like to return to “this wonderful place with a wonderful atmosphere.” This is how he described the “Fox Hole”. Silver went to the German Vincent Hagu and Georgios Achilleos from Cyprus.
In the team competition for the men's monastery, the Italians took the lead, the Russians (Teply, Zemlin, Anton Astakhov) were second, and the Czechs were third.
Italian ladder.
The competition began with the trap discipline, in which Italian athletes proved their superiority. Italian Jessica Rossi won the gold medal, followed by Australian Catherine Skinner, who won the highest award in this exercise at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The third position was taken by Slovakian Zuzana Regak-Štefečekova.
Russians Ekaterina Rabaya, Tatyana Barsuk and Yulia Tugolukova did not make it to the finals in this type of program based on the results of qualification.
IN team tournament The best were the representatives of the USA, the Finns took the second place, and the Italians took the third place. Russians Tatyana Barsuk, Ekaterina Rabaya and Yulia Tugolukova took eighth place.
Among the men, another Italian, Daniele Resca, took the lead, the British Edward Ling was second, and the Czech Jiri Liptak was third. The Russians, in particular the 2004 Olympic champion Alexey Alipov, did not make it to the finals.
The Italians also won the team tournament, the Czechs were second, and the Spaniards were third. Russians Alipov, Maxim Smykov and Nikita Egorov took fifth place.
The world champions in the mixed team competition on the ladder were Australians Derek Grice and Penny Smith, silver went to the Spaniards Antonio Baylon and Beatriz Martinez, and bronze went to the Americans Derek Haldeman and Ashley Carroll.
Russians Alipov and Barsuk took fifth place in qualifying, but failed to overcome the semi-final barrier. The second Russian duo of Smykov/Rabaya took 16th place in qualifying and did not make it to the next round.
At the Junior World Championships, the Russians won two medals. Yulia Savelyeva took silver in the individual ladder competition and she, along with Polina Knyazeva and Angelina Rudneva, became second in the team competition.
Rescue of the double ladder.
Then the shooters competed in the double-trap exercise, which was excluded from the program of the 2020 Olympic Games. “We will give this discipline a chance to live,” Vladimir Lisin, President of the Shooting Union of Russia (SSR), Vice-President of the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF), spoke about the future of the double trap.
“At the next European Games in Belarus and the European Championships, the double trap will be presented in a mixed doubles format. If athletes come and the required number of participants is recruited, the exercise has a chance to be preserved in the future,” Lisin noted. “If he’s not popular, the athletes won’t come to competitions (on the double ladder), can’t they be forced to do it under guns?”
Russian Fokeev became the world champion in double trap. “I still have the World Cup Final in New Delhi (Cup Final peace will pass from October 23 to October 30 in India). I have one last start left,” the shooter told R-Sport in an interview. The second was Indian Ankur Mittal, the top three was rounded out by Chinese Hu Binyuan.
Previously, Fokeev, together with Artem Nekrasov and Vasily Mosin, won bronze in the team tournament. The Italians won in this segment, the Chinese took second place.
“Personally, I am pleased with the performance (of the Russians at the World Championships). “We performed well and maybe even well,” said the head of the SSR, Lisin. “We haven’t had such success at adult championships for a long time.” Home soil supports.”
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The Russian skeet shooting team took third place in the overall standings of the World Championship, which ended on Sunday in Dmitrov near Moscow.
Russian shooters on home tournament won two gold, four silver and two bronze medals, behind the USA (5-1-6) and Italy (9-6-2) teams.
Nikolai Teply and Nadezhda Konovalova won gold in the mixed team skit, as well as Vitaly Fokeev (double trap). Silver medals won Albina Shakirova (skete), (gangway, juniors), a team consisting of Savelyeva, and (team ladder), as well as Nikolai Teply, Alexander Zemlin and Anton Astakhov in the team skit. The bronze medalists were Vitaly Fokeev, Vasily Mosin, Artem Nekrasov (team double trap), as well as the team consisting of Albina Shakirova, Konovalova and (team skit).
The World Shotgun Shooting Championship was held in Dmitrov from August 30 to September 10. About 700 athletes from 76 countries took part in the competition. 22 sets of awards were awarded at the tournament.
Victory after 11 years
The victory in the double trap was Fokeev’s second at the world championships. For the first time, a Russian won the world championship in 2006 at a competition in Zagreb. At the end of the competition, he announced that he would retire as an athlete after the World Cup final, which will be held in New Delhi from October 23 to 30.
“I’m already 43 years old, double trap is no longer included in the Olympic program, so I have nothing else to replenish my stock of awards with. I already have the World Championship and the European Games. It’s time to think about raising children and youth. Most likely, I’ll become a coach.” , - said Fokeev.
In addition to two gold medals at the world championships, he has two bronze medals. He also became the champion of the European Games in 2015 and silver medalist European Championship - 2007.
"The best world championship in my career"
Nikolay Teply, who won on Sunday paired with Nadezhda Konovalova in the mixed team skit, called past championship the world's best in his career.
“I want to thank our fans, with their support in today’s final it was much easier for Nadya [Konovalova] and me,” Teply said. “This best championship peace in my career, such opening and closing ceremonies, such a level of organization, I have never seen before."
The senior coach of the national team at the monastery Oleg Tishin said that the final third place is excellent result for the Russian team.
“The result is excellent, with our last medal we managed to bring our worthy team to a worthy place,” said Tishin. “Today there are three strong shooting schools in the world: Italian, American and Russian, so the result is fair. Although this is not quite the same place , which we were counting on."
Amazing atmosphere
The winner of the tournament in the monastery, Italian Gabriele Rossetti, called Russia a great place to host the World Shotgun Shooting Championship.
“This is my first time in Russia. This is a wonderful place, the atmosphere at the tournament is great. I hope to return here soon,” he said.
The winner of the women's tournament in the monastery, American Denmark Jo Wizzi, noted that there was an amazing atmosphere at the competition.
“The crowd definitely filled the final with energy. There is an amazing atmosphere at this tournament,” she said.
On top level
Oleg Tishin also noted the high level of organization of the World Championship. “Vladimir Sergeevich Lisin organized the tournament at the highest level, the holiday was a success for the spectators,” he said.
Lisin himself, who is the president of the Russian Shooting Union, was pleased with the performance of the national team at the tournament. “Personally, I’m pleased with the result of our team, they performed well, maybe even well,” said Lisin. “We haven’t had such success at adult championships for a long time. As they say, home walls help.”
The World Championships in three skeet shooting exercises (trap, double-trap and skeet) were held from September 1 to 10 at the Fox Hole shooting complex near Moscow. The Russians won two gold, four silver and two bronze medals. Winners of the championship and mixed team competitions in the monastery.
The first in the medal standings were the shooters of the Italian team (9-6-2), the second were the Americans (5-1-6). This competition also included the World Junior Championships, which took place at the same time in the Fox Hole.
Finale to the sounds of the Russian anthem
On Sunday, the tournament ended on a positive note for the hosts to the sounds of the Russian anthem, which happened in the mixed team competition in the monastery. “The American and Italian anthems - we’ve already heard enough here, we’ve learned all the words by heart. So I told the guys to make sure we listen to our Russian anthem,” -.
Americans Hayden Stewart and Danya Jo Vizzi were second, losing to the Russians in the final with a score of 27:30; bronze was won by Italians Tammaro Cassandro and Katyusha Spada.
The skit started with the individual competition among women, which was won by the American Vizzi. “Albina survived the final almost to the end,” shared the 2010 world champion in the monastery Valery Shomin.
“Of course, I had the task of winning gold,” . “Unfortunately, it was just a little short. But I’m incredibly glad that I overcame my anxiety.” Bronze went to Andri Eleftheriou from Cyprus (43).
In the team competition (determined based on the results of qualification) of the women's monastery, second place went to the Italians, third to the Russians consisting of Shakirova, Anastasia Krakhmaleva and Konovalova.
In the individual competition of the monastery for men, there were no Russians on the podium, despite the fact that two of them, Teply (6th final position) and Alexander Zemlin (5th), made it to the finals. “In qualifying, the guys showed a good result, shooting well. But the final starts from scratch, this is quite a difficult matter,” commented the experienced Shomin, who is now the coach of the junior group of the Russian national team in the monastery.
In the team tournament, the best were the representatives of the United States, the Finns took second place, and the Italians took third. Russians Tatyana Barsuk, Ekaterina Rabaya and Yulia Tugolukova took eighth place.
Among the men, another Italian, Daniele Resca, took the lead, the British Edward Ling was second, and the Czech Jiri Liptak was third. The Russians, in particular the 2004 Olympic champion Alexey Alipov, did not make it to the finals.
The Italians also won the team tournament, the Czechs were second, and the Spaniards were third. Russians Alipov, Maxim Smykov and Nikita Egorov took fifth place.
The world champions in the mixed team competition on the ladder, silver went to the Spaniards Antonio Baylon and Beatriz Martinez, bronze went to the Americans Derek Haldeman and Ashley Carroll.
Russians Alipov and Barsuk took fifth place in qualifying. The second Russian duo of Smykov/Rabaya took 16th place in qualifying and did not make it to the next round.
At the Junior World Championships, the Russians won two medals. and she, along with Polina Knyazeva and Angelina Rudneva, became second in the team competition.
Double ladder rescue
Then the shooters competed in the double-trap exercise, which was excluded from the program of the 2020 Olympic Games. “We will give this discipline a chance to live,” the president of the Rifle Union of Russia (SSR) spoke about the future of the double trap.
“At the next European Games in Belarus and the European Championships, the double trap will be presented in a mixed format. If athletes come and the required number of participants is recruited, the exercise has a chance to be preserved in the future,” Lisin noted. “If it is not popular, Athletes won’t come to competitions (on a double ladder), can’t they be forced to do it under guns?”
. “I still have the World Cup Final in New Delhi (the World Cup Final will be held from October 23 to 30 in India). I have one last start left,” - . The second was Indian Ankur Mittal, the top three was rounded out by Chinese Hu Binyuan.
Previously, Fokeev together with Artem Nekrasov and Vasily Mosin. The Italians won in this segment, the Chinese took second place.
“Personally, I’m pleased with the performance (of the Russians at the World Championships). They performed well and maybe even well - . - We haven’t had such success at senior championships for a long time. Home soil supports us.”
