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Team USA Sweeps Skeet Titles at ISSF Shotgun Worlds in Athens

Tight qualification cut-offs left India's contenders outside the six-shooter finals.

Overview

  • Vincent Hancock captured the men's skeet crown, shooting 59 in the final after leading qualification on 124/125 for his fifth individual world title.
  • Samantha Simonton won the women's skeet gold with 57 in the final after topping qualifying on 122, with Mexico's Gabriela Rodriguez taking silver and Sweden's Victoria Larsson bronze.
  • The United States added both men's and women's team golds, completing a clean sweep of the four skeet gold medals at the championship.
  • No Indian shooter made the individual finals; Bhavtegh Singh Gill finished on 119 for 38th in a 116-strong men's field, and Raiza Dhillon placed 16th in women's skeet with 116.
  • Qualification cut-offs were 122 in men's skeet and 119 in women's, leaving India eighth in women's team standings on 336 and 16th in men's on 351.