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Mexico's Flores Captures Gold in Mens Skeet at 2008 ISSF World Cup USA
By Mary Beth Vorwerk // USA Shooting // May 6, 2008
KERRVILLE, Texas (May 5, 2008) – The Men’s Skeet final was held today at the 2008 ISSF World Cup USA for Shotgun, with Mexico’s Ariel Mauricio Flores taking home the gold medal, while Tore Brovold from Norway took the silver and Italy’s Valerio Luchini earned the bronze.
Flores, the 2007 Pan American Games bronze medalist, claimed the gold after shooting a perfect score of 25 targets in the final and finishing with a total score of 147 targets. Brovold took the silver with 146 targets and Luchini captured the bronze with a final score of 144(+2) after a shoot-off with Russia’s Valeriy Shomin, a 2004 Olympian and 2007 Changwon World Cup gold medalist.
Twenty year old Frank Thompson (Alliance, Neb.), who was competing in his first ever World Cup final, finished in fifth place with 143 targets, while Germany’s Tino Wenzel took sixth place with 142 targets.
Approximately 180 shotgun shooters from 37 different nations are participating in the 2008 ISSF World Cup USA at the Hill Country Shooting Sports Center in Kerrville, Texas. Twenty-three athletes from the U.S. are competing for a World Cup title, as well as 35 additional U.S. athletes participating out of competition. Men’s Double Trap official training will take place tomorrow and the World Cup USA will conclude on May 10.
For complete results, please visit the following link on ISSF TV’s website: http://www.issf.tv/issftv_table.aspx?mod=csdt&pane=10&inst=1&iist=829&collapse=results
World Cup USA Competition Schedule:
Tuesday, May 6
Double Trap Official Training
Wednesday, May 7
Double Trap Men Match
Final Double Trap Men
Thursday, May 8
Trap Official Training
Friday, May 9
Trap Women Match
Trap Men – Day 1
Final Trap Women
Saturday, May 10
Trap Men Match – Day 2
Final Trap Men
Closing Ceremony
Media interested in more information should contact Mary Beth Vorwerk, Media and Public Relations Manager, USA Shooting, at (719)866-4896 or via email at marybeth.vorwerk@usashooting.org.
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