Andri Eleftheriou won the Skeet Women World Cup Final, outdoing the Olympic medallists
The 24-year old Cypriot shooter Andri ELEFTHERIOU won the Skeet Women Event at the ISSF World Cup Final of Minsk, closing the shooting season ahead of everybody with a score of 95 hits. The young skeet shooter took her satisfaction after the Olympic Games, where she had placed in seventh right out of the final. The Olympic Gold and Silver medallist CAINERO and RHODE shot in the final, but could not find a spot upon the podium.
Andrei Eleftheriou of Cyprus, winner of the World Cup Stage of Belgrade, this year, won the 2008 World Cup title by playing an excellent match here in Minsk, today. The 24-year old shooter outdid the Olympic Champion Cainero of Italy and the Olympic Silver medallist Rhode, ruling the qualifications with 73 hits and winning the final with 22 targets for a total score of 95 hits.
“It’s great to win this title. Today it’s cold here! I come from Cyprus, I am not used to this freezing weather!” said Eleftheriou “It’s a great way to close the shooting season, it’s a great satisfaction after the seventh place I reached at the Games. Now I’ve some rest in front of me, it has been a long year…”
The Olympic Champion Chiara Cainero of Italy finished out of the podium after missing four targets throughout the final. Starting from the third place, she dropped down in the scoreboard, landing in sixth and last place with a total score of 90 targets. Her Olympic opponent, Beijing’s Silver medallist Kimberly Rhode of the USA, placed in fourth with 91 hits + 2 after shooting-off against the Swedish finalist Nathalie Larsson.
Silver went Haley DUNN from the USA, the 23-year old shooter who had won the 2005 edition of the ISSF World Cup Final. “It’s great to be here, and to be on the podium at the end of such a season. This is a nice range, but I has not been that easy today with this wind and this visibility…” commented Dunn, who had qualified for this World Cup Final by winning the World Cup stage of Kerrville and by earning a Bronze medal at the pre-Olympic World Cup of Beijing.
Bronze went to the second Italian finalist, the 26-year old Katiuscia SPADA, who played an excellent round climbing from the sixth place up to the third shooting 24 targets in the final, totalizing 92 targets.
