Tucson World Cup
Tucson Welcomes World’s Best Shotgun Athletes Once Again
World Cup comes to the Arizona for second time in three years, having fi rst visited during the Olympic year of 2012.
The world’s best shotgun ath- letes will converge on Tucson, Ariz., once again for the start of the 2014 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup season. Athletes who have struggled to train in the cold, wet ele-
ken or tied through the fi rst three events.
Home-fi eld advantage was
pivotal to the USA Shooting Team’s success, garnering fi ve medals overall, including three gold and two bronze. Seven of the 23 U.S. ath-
perfect world-record score of 75/75 during qualifying.
Drozd
would settle for bronze after a shoot-out with Italy’s Diana Ba- cosi. Hadden shot a 123/125 in qualifying and then shot a per- fect 25/25 in the fi nal to secure victory.
Richmond moved from
who will no doubt be Tucson’s favorite athlete April 13-14 when he competes in Men’s Skeet. Given that he’s only competed in one previous World Cup, good re- sults might not be expected. But this kid beat the sport’s best in Vincent Hancock as well as 2012 Olympian Frank Thompson, just to
Kim Rhode (center) and Brandy Drozd (right) put the USA in the majority on the Women’s Skeet podium at the 2012 World Cup in Tucson, Ariz.
qualify for the chance. You can read more about him in the Ju- nior Shots feature on page 57. Similarly, Alex Rennert (Surf-
ments associated with winter will welcome the arid conditions of- fered in Tucson, home of one of the best ranges in the world, the Tucson Trap & Skeet Club (TTSC). The World Cup comes to the Arizona for the second time in three years having fi rst visited during the Olympic year of 2012. That event featured over 250 competitors then and organiz- ers expect nearly that same amount in April. The Tucson Trap and Skeet Club turned into a shooter’s paradise at the fi rst World Cup with fi ve records bro-
letes that shot in 2012 are back wearing the USA Shooting Team jacket for their upcoming world test after earning the opportunity following the 2013 Fall Selection Match, also at TTSC.
Headlin-
ing that group are 2012 World Cup gold medalists Kim Rhode (El Monte, Calif.) and Ryan Had- den (USAMU/Pendleton,
Ore.)
along with 2012 bronze medal- ists Brandy Drozd (Bryan, Texas) and Josh Richmond (USAMU/ Hillsgrove, Pa.).
Rhode led a
trio of Americans into the fi nals that day in 2012, shooting a
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a sixth-place qualifying score to third overall after hitting 50 straight targets.
That double-
trap event saw the emergence of eventual 2012 Olympic gold medalist Peter Russell Wilson of Great Britain, who shot a world- record score on his way to the win.
The opportunity to compete
for Team USA at any international event is special. Put that event in your hometown, on the range you train on, and the excitement level is off the charts. Such is the case for Luis Gloria (Tucson, Ariz.)
side, Fla.) and Susan Sledge (El Cajon, Calif.) surprised the fi eld back in October to earn the Fall Selection Match title and bronze medal respectively, thus securing their spots in the Trap events. Joining Richmond in Double
Trap is arguably the most potent Double Trap team in the World with Olympians Glenn Eller (US- AMU/Houston, Texas) and Jeff Holguin (USAMU/Yorba Linda, Calif.). Collectively, they have six Olympics under their belts and a plethora of World Championship and World Cup medals as well. Eller returned to form in 2013 earning both Selection Match titles to go along with a qualify- ing World Record, a World Cham-
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