Emily Claims Gold
COLORADO SPRINGS
,
Colo.
(September 5, 2007)
The
Women’s Skeet event was held today at the 2007 World Clay
Target Championships with Emily Blount (
Tucson
,
Ariz.
) claiming a gold medal for the junior women and both the junior
and open women taking home silver in the team event.
Blount,
who was the 2006 World Shooting Champion in Junior Women’s
Skeet, took the gold today after finishing with a total
score of 70 targets and a shoot off with
Slovakia
’s Monika Zemkova. |
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Jaiden
Grinnell (
Port Angeles
,
Wash.
) finished in 9th place for the Junior Skeet Women with 64 targets
and Sally Coggins (
Bogart
,
Ga.
) took 11th place with 62 targets.
Three-time
Olympic medalist (1996 and 2004 gold, 2000 bronze) Kim Rhode
(
El Monte
,
Calif.
) ended the qualification tied with three other competitors at
71 targets and won a shoot off to get into the finals. Haley Dunn
(
Eddyville
,
Iowa
), a 2007 Pan American Games Gold Medalist, entered the finals
in fourth place with a score of 72 targets and finished the competition
in fourth place with a total of 95. Rhode took sixth place with
94 targets. Two-time Olympian Connie Smotek (
Bryan
,
Texas
) finished in 21st place with a total of 67.
Germany
’s Christine Brinkler won the gold with a score of 98, while Ning
Wei of
China
took the silver with 97 and
Italy
’s Chiara Cainero claimed the bronze with a final score of 96 targets.
In
the team competition, Dunn, Rhode and Smotek grabbed the silver
medal for the
U.S.
with a score of 210.
China
claimed the gold with 214 and
Italy
took the bronze with 204. Blount, Grinnell and Coggins took the
silver for the junior women with a score of 196, while
Russia
won the gold with 198 and the team from
Cyprus
took the bronze with 179.
Thirty
shotgun shooters are representing the
U.S.
this week at the 2007 World Clay Target Championships. The event
is taking take place at the Nicosia Olympic Shooting Range, in
the area of Latsia, on the outskirts of
Nicosia
,
Cyprus
and runs through September 9.
For
complete results throughout the World Clay Target Championships,
please visit USA Shooting
