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Other American competitors included Amber English (Colorado Springs, Colo.), who shot 67 targets in qualification, which put her in a three way tie for the remaining spot in the Women’s Skeet final. English and Xiumin Yu lost to Italy’s Chinara Cainero. The third American, Haley Dunn (Eddyville, Iowa), who was invited to the World Cup Final after her gold medal performance in Lonato, finished 9th with 66 targets.

In Men’s Skeet, Sean McLelland (Harlingen, Texas) finished in 10th place with 114 targets. At yesterday’s Men’s Double Trap event, Staff Sergeant Josh Richmond (Hillsgrove, Pa.), the reigning World Champion, finished 10th with 138 targets and teammate Corporal Jeffrey Holguin (Yorba Linda, Calif.) also shot for 138 targets and 11th place.

The competition continues tomorrow and Wednesday with Trap events. The USA will be cheering for 2008 Olympic bronze medalist, Corey Cogdell, in Women’s Trap and two-time reigning National Champion, John Mullins in Men’s Trap.

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Caitlin Connor. Photo courtesy USA Shooting.

Shooting in intense snowfall, Connor, the 2009 World Cup Minsk silver medalist, entered the final tied for third place at 69 out of 75 targets with two other shooters. In the final, Connor hit 20 out of 25 targets and ended the match tied for third place at 89 targets with Russian shooter Svetlana Demina. In the shoot-off for the bronze, Demina hit her target to secure the bronze, while Connor missed and finished just off the podium in fourth place.

Christine Wenzel of Germany, the 2008 Olympic bronze medalist and reigning World Champion, won today’s match after a shoot-off with Italy’s Katiuscia Spada. Wenzel finished the match with 90+2 hits after shooting 21 targets in the final, which was the highest final score of the day. Spada placed second winning the silver with 90+0 hits.

Kim Rhode.

Kim Rhode (El Monte, Calif.), a four-time Olympic medalist and 2009 World Cup Munich bronze and World Cup San Marino silver medalist, finished the day in eighth place with a match score of 66 targets.

Competition will conclude on Monday with the Men’s Skeet and Trap Finals. Vincent Hancock (Eatonton, Ga.), the 2008 Olympic gold medalist and 2009 World Champion, is currently holding third place in Men’s Skeet after today’s qualification with 73 out of 75 targets. Ryan Hadden (Pendleton, Ore), a double gold medalist on the 2009 World Cup circuit, is sitting in fifth place in Men’s Trap with 67 out of 75 targets.

For complete World Cup Final results, please visit ISSF’s website at www.issf-sports.org.

Winchester Ammunition is a Proud Sponsor of the USA Shooting Shotgun Team:
Winchester® Ammunition has been the exclusive ammunition sponsor and supplier of the USA Shooting Shotgun Team since 1999. Members of the 2008 shotgun team brought home four medals from Beijing using Winchester AA International Target loads. Winchester is an industry leader in advancing and supporting conservation, hunter education and our country’s proud shooting sports heritage. For more information about Winchester and its complete line of products, visit www.winchester.com.