Recap: Italy wins six medals on closing day at 2015 Junior Cup in Suhl

Its athletes making individual and team podiums in Trap and Skeet events, Italy won six medals on the last competition day at the 2015 ISSF Junior Cup in Suhl, Germany.

Trap Men Junior


Luca Miotto beat teammate Francesco Idone in an all-Italian gold medal match at the men's Trap.


After missing his third, Miotto hit twelve targets in a row -- he won gold with 14 hits, one more than Idone, the silver medalist.


Halfway through the match, Miotto and Idone were tied. Just at the 13th target did Idone miss the target that allowed Miotto to make the gold.


Taking the first medal of his career, Finland's Eemil Pirttisalo won the bronze medal match.


Pirttisalo beat Australia's Mitchell William Iles-Crevatin by 12 to 9 hits.


After a perfect start with no misses, Iles-Crevatin only hit one of six targets from his seventh to his 12th target. Pirttisalo took advantage of his opponent's poor rounds, and made his way to the bronze.


In the team standings, Italy won both the gold and the silver medal.


Gold medalist Miotto made the podium's highest step once again, as he joined Andrea Boeri and Alberto Belluzzo to win the gold for Team Italy with 350 hits.


Silver medalist Idone won another silver as he, Alessio Franquillo, and Simone D'Ambrosio took second place (348 hits).


The Russian Federation won the bronze thanks to Nikita Bekasov, Maxim Kabatskiy, and Nikita Egorov (345).

Skeet Men Junior


Another Italian gold medalist came in the men's Skeet, as Valerio Palmucci won the final match against Phillip Russell Jungman of the USA.


Palmuci didn't miss a single target, and beat Jungman by 16 to 13 hits to win the first medal of his career.


India's Anant Jeet Singh Naruka won the bronze on his birthday.


Naruka beat Italy's Cristian Ciccotti in the third place playoff (15-12), securing a bronze medal on the day of his 17th birthday.


Although missing the individual gold, the USA came atop the team standings.


Silver medalist Jungman, Christian Elliott, and Zachary McBee hit 361 targets together -- a score that gave first place to Team USA.


Italy came in second thanks to Ciccotti, Erik Pittini, and Lorenzo Merlo Fiorillo's 354 hits.


Just two hits behind and taking the bronze was Finland -- Lari Pesonen, Eetu Kallioinen, and Timi Vallioniemi (352).

10m Air Pistol Mixed International Teams and 10m Air Rifle Mixed International Teams


In the10m Air Pistol mixed international teams event, the Indo-Polish duo Gauri Sheoran and Szymon Wojtyna beat by 10 to 5 points the Hungarian-Polish team Viktoria Egri and Patryk Sarkowski.

 
Bronze went to Heeji Jung of Korea and her Indian partner, Achal Pratap Grewal -- the two beat Switzerland's Flueckiger and Hungary's Kokai by 10 to 5 points.


In the Air Rifle event, USA's Elizabeth Gratz and Hungary's Peter Vas won the gold medal -- they beat Switzerland's Vanessa Hofstetter and Korea's Kim Hyeongmin by 10 to 8 points.


Taking the bronze, the Indo-Japanese duo Mampi Das and Yuto Iguro came in third.


Like at last year's Youth Olympics, a man and a woman from different nations teamed up and competed against other couples in this event.


This day closed the competition in Suhl. Check our website in the next hours for a competition for a wrap-up of the Junior Cup, as well as information on the next competitions.