The day belonged to the United States, as World No.1 Samantha Simonton and four-time Olympic champion Vincent Hancock claimed the women\u2019s and men\u2019s skeet gold medals, respectively, leading to a remarkable clean sweep of all four skeet gold medals for Team USA, with the men's and women's team gold medals also going to them.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the women\u2019s skeet final, Simonton shot 57 to take gold ahead of Mexico\u2019s Gabriela Rodriguez, who secured silver with 54 hits, while Sweden\u2019s Victoria Larsson clinched bronze with 44. Earlier in the qualification, Simonton had topped the field with 122 hits, followed by Rodriguez on 120 (+8 in shoot-off) and Larsson, who claimed the sixth and final qualification spot with 119 (+3), edging out veteran Kimberly Rhode and Slovakia\u2019s Vanesa Hockova.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Among the Indians, Raiza Dhillon finished 16th with a total of 116 hits (23, 22, 24, 22, 25), while Parinaaz Dhaliwal (21, 23, 22, 21, 23) and Ganemat Sekhon (21, 22, 24, 21, 22) finished 44th and 47th, respectively, with 110 hits each.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the women\u2019s team event, the American trio of Samantha Simonton, Kimberly Rhode, and Dania Jo Vizzi (15th individually) clinched gold with a combined score of 358. Cyprus (349) took silver, Slovakia (348) secured bronze, and India finished eighth with 336.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the men\u2019s competition, Vincent Hancock shot 59 in the final to claim his fifth individual World Championship gold. Czechia\u2019s Daniel Korcak won silver with 55, while Denmark\u2019s Emil Kjeldgaard Petersen took bronze with 45. Hancock had earlier topped the qualification with 124 out of 125 hits.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the women\u2019s team event, the American trio of Samantha Simonton, Kimberly Rhode, and Dania Jo Vizzi (15th individually) clinched gold with a combined score of 358. Cyprus (349) took silver, Slovakia (348) secured bronze, and India finished eighth with 336.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Team USA also claimed men\u2019s team gold with 365 hits, followed by Italy (363) and hosts Greece (361). India placed 16th with a combined score of 351.<\/p>\r\n\r\n