(ANSA) – LONATO DEL GARDA, 12 APR – For the 13th time, the Shooting World Cup will stop in Lonato del Garda, on the Tav Concavede platforms, which will host the event from 20 to 29 April and will bring 481 of the best shooters in the world to the Garda area, representing 70 nations competing in the Olympic pit and skeet (Rai direct). Italy will field the teams of the Probable Olympic from both specialties on the platform. In total, twenty athletes will be called up, but the Azzurri coaches Albano Pera (Fossa) and Andrea Benelli (Skeet) have not yet dissolved the reserve on the twelve who will compete for the medals and the eight who will buy only for the ‘ranking points’ (out classification). The names stand out above all, in the Skeet of Diana Bacosi, Olympic champion in Rio 2016 and silver in Tokyo 2020, and Gabriele Rossetti, Olympic champion in Rio 2016, and in the Fossa of veteran Giovanni Pellielo, Olympic bronze in Sydney 2000 and then silver for Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and Rio 2016, and Massimo Fabbrizi, silver medal in London 2012.
The detailed calendar of the event was presented today by Ivan Carella, president of Trap Concaverde. “After 3 World Championships and 3 European Championships, this will be the thirteenth time of the World Cup in Lonato – his words -, which Trap Concaverde will host in collaboration with the Italian Shooting Federation. This year it will be an even greater honor for us. great compared to the past because we are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the foundation and there is no better way to celebrate this milestone “.
Canoe Olympian Antonio Rossi, current Undersecretary of the Lombardy Region with Delegation to Sport, Olympics 2026 and Major Events also spoke about the event. “It is part of the broader sports project that the Lombardy Region has undertaken and which will culminate with the 2026 Winter Olympics – said Rossi -. Those that Carella described to us are important numbers, which certify the satisfaction of the shooting range. Lonato by the athletes. It is a structure that represents excellence “. Main sponsors of the event are the Beretta and Lacertosus companies. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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