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The first Shotgun World Cup Stage of the year was cancelled and rescheduled to Lonato, Italy, starting from the 1st of May.

The 2012 ISSF Shotgun World Cup, which was planned to be conducted in Cairo starting from March the 1st, has been cancelled.

The decision has been taken by the ISSF in agreement with the Egyptian Organizing Committee, given the actual situation in the country.

The World Cup has been rescheduled, and will take place at the “Trap Conca Verde” shooting range in Lonato (Italy), from the 1^st tough the 8^th of May 2012.

After these schedule changes, the 2012 ISSF World Cup Series will kick-off from Tucson, USA, on the 23^rd of March, and will then move to London, for a pre-Olympic World Cup stage in all the fifteen Olympic shooting events, starting on the 17^th of April.

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Italy finished on top. “A great competition” the ISSF President, Mr. Olegario Vazquez Raña said at the closing ceremony, awarding the Chairman of the Organizing Committee.

Today’s Trap Men Final won by Australia’s two-time Olympic Champion Michael Diamond closed this year’s ISSF Shotgun World Cup Final in Al Ain (UAE).

The competitions, which was hosted at the Al Ain Equestrian, Shooting & Golf Club, in the United Arab Emirates, kicked-off on the last September the 30^th.

Only the top shotgun shooters of the world were eligible to participate in the event: the reigning world champions, the 2010 ISSF World Cup Final title defenders, and the top-8 World Cup competitors selected throughout this year’s four ISSF world cup stages in Sydney (AUS), Conception (CHI), Beijing (CHN) and Maribor (SLO).

“This had been a great competition, also thanks to our hosts, who organized an excellent event.” The ISSF President, Mr. Olegario Vazquez Raña said at the closing ceremony, awarding H.E. Mohammed Rashid Al Nasseri, President of the Organizing Committee an ISSF Silver medal.

“This is a beautiful shooting range, one of the best of the world, and I am sure we will be coming back here in Al Ain.” The President added.

Italy atop of the medal standings

It was Italy who finished atop of the medal standings, with an overall of three medals, all won in Trap event. The 19-year old Trap phenomenon Jessica Rossi won the Trap Women event yesterday, while Rodolfo Vigano and Massimo Fabbrizi finished on today’s Trap Men podium in second and third place, behind the two-time Olympic Champ Michael Diamond.

Australia, India and the USA finished atop of the overall medal standings of this event, with one Gold medal each, as well as the hosting country, the United Arab Emirates, who celebrated the victory of H.H. Sheik Saeed Al Maktoum at the Skeet Men event.

The medal standings:

The medallists of the 2011 ISSF Shotgun World Cup Final in Al Ain

Australia’s marksmen Michael Diamond beat Italy’s Vigano at the shoot-off, after a brethtaking head to head duel throughout the final round.

The two-time Olympic Champion Michael Diamond of Australia won the Trap Men Final at the 2011 ISSF Shotgun World Cup Final, held this year in Al Ain, UAE.

The Australian champion finished on the highest step of the podium with an overall score of 142 (119+23) hits, after outdoing Italy’s Rodolfo Vigano in a shoot-off for Gold by 4 to 3 hits.

Diamond, 39, had qualified for this match by winning a Silver medal at this year’s ISSF World Cup Stage in Maribor. The expert Australian sharpshooter had already won three ISSF World Cup Finals, in his career, in 1997, 2000 and 2009.

Today’s Silver medal went to Rodolfo Vigano, a 40-year old shooter who finished in second with 142 (119+23) hits, after loosing the final shoot-off against Diamond. Qualified after winning a Silver medal at the first 2011 ISSF World Cup Stage, in Sydney, Vigano had already won an ISSF World Cup Final Silver in 1993, in Munich.

He was followed by the second Italian finalist, the world record holder Massimo Fabbrizi, 34, who ended up in third with a total score of 140 (119+21 hits) after missing his very last target.

The 2004 Olympic Champion, Russia’s Alexey Alipov, closed the match in fourth with 137 (117+20) hits, while the reigning Olympic Champion, Czech Republic’s David Kostelecky, placed in sixth with an overall score of 134 (117+17) hits, behind Spain’s Alberto Fernandez, fifth with 135 (116+19) hits.

19-year old Rossi made it at her fourth try, with six targets of advantage. Germany’s Quoos pocketed the Silver, overtaking China’s Wu Cuicui. “Hello Kitty” did not help Chinese’s Taipei Lin Yi Chun to get on the podium: she finished in fourth, one target behind the medallists, in spite of her lucky charm.

“Finally I made it!” Exclaimed Jessica Rossi, the winner of today’s Trap Women match at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup Final, held in Al Ain, UAE, from September the 30^th to October the 7^th.

“I have been chasing this title since four years!” the young Italian shooter said, eager for results, in spite of being just 19-year old.

Entering today’s medal match in the lead with a score of 70 hits after the qualifications, Jessica started-off the match with four targets of advantage on her followers.

Managing her head start advantage, the Italian shooter from Crevalcore hit 23 out of 25 targets during the final, more than anybody else, to land on the highest step of the podium with a golden score of 93 hits. Six targets more than her closest opponent, the German Silver medallist Katrin Quoos.

“I have been qualifying for the ISSF World Cup Final every year, since 2008. Last year I even finished on the podium. But I was looking for the big Cup, and finally I got it!” Said Rossi, who had placed in second at last year’s ISSF World Cup Final in Izmir (TUR).

Shooting since she was a child, when her father used to train her in their backyard, Rossi won her first ISSF World Cup Stage in Shul (GER) in 2008, at the age of 16. Then, the following year, she secured the World Title at the 2009 ISSF World Championship in Maribor, beating Olympic champions and world record holders.

This year, she finished on the podium at the first world cup stage of the seasons, winning a silver medal in Sydney, and then led the ISSF World Cup Stage in Beijing, qualifying for this final.

“It has been a long season.” Jessica said; “I came here to shoot the last match of the year, and I had a lot of fun. Now it’s time for some holidays!”

The Silver medal went to Germany’s Katrin Quoos, a 24-year old shooter from Kyritz, who had never finished on an ISSF podium, before. In spite of equalling the world record at this year’s ISSF world cup stage in Maribor (where she placed then in fourth), Quoos had never won a major medal, before.

Entering today’s final round with a qualification score of 66 hits in third place, the German shooter climbed up the scoreboard by hitting 22 targets in the final, to finish then in second place with a total of 87 hits.

China’s Wu Cuicui secured today’s Bronze medal, finishing in third with a total of 83 hits. The 23-year old Chinese finalist, who qualified for this match by winning a Bronze at this year’s first world cup stage in Sydney, finished on the podium in spite of hitting 17 targets only during the medal match.

Coming in fourth, “Hello Kitty” did not bring enough luck to Chinese’s Taipei Lin Yi Chun, shooting with a pink amulet of the popular cat stitched to the barrels of her shotgun. The 30-year old shooter finished indeed with a total of 82 (62+20) hits, just one target far from the podium, in spite of her lucky charm “Which usually brings me luck… usually…”

Following her, Russia’s Elena Tkach closed in fifth with 80 (61+19) hits, while the Olympic Silver medallist of Beijing Zuzana Stefecekova (SVK) closed the round in sixth with 78 (63+15) hits.