Cyprus’ Georgios Achilleos won bronze in the men’s Skeet at the 2017 ISSF Shotgun World Championship in Moscow Region while Nicolas Vasiliou also finished the Junior men’s skeet with a bronze medal.
The reigning Olympic Champion and world ranking’s #1 Gabriele Rossetti of Italy is the new men’s Skeet world champion with Germany’s Vincent Haaga second and Achilleos third.
The Italian shooter scored 54 hits out of 60 targets to win Saturday’s, leaving Germany’s first-time finalist Vincent Haaga in second with 52 hits. The 2007 world champion, Cyprus’ four-time Olympian Georgios Achilleos, followed them in third place with 42 hits.
Meanwhile, Denmark`s Emil Kjelgaard Petersen claimed the Skeet Men Junior throne in Moscow. Second ranked Italy’s Elia Sdruccioli and after entering the final with the highest qualification score, two-time European Champion Nicolas Vasiliou (20) of Cyprus secured the Bronze medal with the score of 41 hits out of 50.
The 2017 ISSF Shotgun World Championship in Moscow Region, Russia, is due to be closed by the Skeet Mixed Team event on Sunday.