Massa Martana (PG) – The 2024 edition of the Emir CUP ends with the Skeet races, an international competition organized by the Tav U/mbriaverde-Todi of Massa Martana (PG) and Kuwait and which this year brought 76 to Italy among the best Skeet specialists from 13 Nations.
The two Cups up for grabs were lifted to the sky by Sara Bongini and Alessio Bagnato, respectively first in the Ladies and ID rankings, i.e. shooters with international experience in the ISSF circuit.
Starting with the latter, Alessio Bagnato was the protagonist of a majestic performance. The Sicilian from Catanzaro closed the qualifications with an excellent score of 123/125 and with +16 in the play-off for assigning the back number for the final, he entered the decisive series with back number one. In the demanding race for the podium he made very few mistakes, only letting two targets slip away, and he concluded the regulation throws with 58/60. Like him also Valerio Palmucci (Fiamme Oro) from Fiano Romano (RM), second best in qualifying with 123/125 +15. The two continued the duel in the play-off for gold and silver, which Bagnato then won with +6 to +5. On the third step of the podium is the American Benjamin Keller, two-time Junior World Champion in 2022 and 2023, bronze medal with 123/125 +3 and 48/50.
The women’s victory was also Italian with Sara Bongini winning among the Ladies. The representative of the Fiamme Oro of Impruneta (FI) entered the final as the best of the qualifiers, thanks to the excellent 123/125 achieved in the five competition series, and then brilliantly passed all the preliminaries until finding herself dueling with the Kuwaiti Aiman Al-Shaama for gold and silver. The two opponents did not give any concessions and found themselves tied at the end of the regulation throws with 52/60. Only the play-off resolved the issue, awarding the gold to the Italian with +4 and the silver to the Kuwaiti with +3. Also on the podium was Giga Longhi (Fiamme Oro) from Longone Sabino (RI), bronze medal with 120/125 and 41/50.
Emir CUP – Skeet – Ladies
The Junior Men’s podium was all blue with the gold of Cristian Giudici with 122/125 +5 and 56/60, the silver of Gioele Carletti with 120/125 +5 and 53/60, and the bronze of Matteo Bragalli with 123/125 and 43/50.
Emir CUP – Skeet – Junior
Among the Junior Lady the best was Viola Picciolli, gold with 109/125 and 52/60, followed on the podium by Eleonora Ruta, silver with 121/125 and 51/60, and by the British Bethani Norton, bronze medal with 112/125 +41/50.
Emir CUP – Skeet – Junior Ladies
The last ranking, the No ID one reserved for shooters with no experience in the international arena, awarded Gianluca Flore as the best, first with 117/125 and 46/60. With him on the podium also the Greek Vasilios Tsakiris, silver with 119/125 and 44/60, and the Italian Eros Marcellini, bronze with 117/125 +4 and 35/50.
In the Senior Mixed Team ranking, the Italian cup formed by Domenico Simeone and Giada Longhi won with 114/150 +3 and 44/48, while in the Junior Mixed Team ranking the gold went to the team made up of Paolo Micheli and Viola Picciolli with 144/150 +11 and 41/48.
Finally, as regards the team competition, both gold medals up for grabs went to the Italian teams. Among the men, the trio composed of Matteo Bragalli, Cristian Giudici and Marco Coco won with 367/375, while among the women the trio composed of Sara Bongini, Giada Longhi and Damiana Paolacci with 353/375.
