New Delhi, Oct 12 (NationPress) Both Bhavtegh Singh Gill and Olympian Raiza Dhillon were unable to secure spots in their respective finals as the skeet competitions at the ISSF World Championship Shotgun 2025 wrapped up at the Malakasa Shooting Range in Athens, Greece, on Sunday.

The day was dominated by the United States, where World No.1 Samantha Simonton and four-time Olympic champion Vincent Hancock each took home the gold medals in the women’s and men’s skeet events, respectively. This led to an impressive clean sweep of all four skeet gold medals for Team USA, who also secured the men’s and women’s team gold medals.

In the women’s skeet final, Simonton recorded a total of 57 hits to clinch gold, followed by Gabriela Rodriguez from Mexico, who earned silver with 54 hits, while Victoria Larsson from Sweden took home the bronze with 44 hits. During the qualification rounds, Simonton topped the charts with a score of 122, with Rodriguez following closely at 120 (+8 in shoot-off) and Larsson securing the final qualification spot with 119 (+3), narrowly edging out veteran Kimberly Rhode and Vanesa Hockova from Slovakia.

Among Indian participants, Raiza Dhillon finished in 16th place 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 in 44th and 47th places respectively, both scoring 110 hits.

In the women’s team event, the American trio consisting of Samantha Simonton, Kimberly Rhode, and Dania Jo Vizzi (who finished 15th individually) secured gold with a total of 358 hits. Cyprus took home silver (349), Slovakia won bronze (348), and India finished in eighth place with 336.

In the men's event, Vincent Hancock shot an impressive 59 in the final, marking his fifth individual World Championship gold. Daniel Korcak from Czechia won silver with 55 hits, while Emil Kjeldgaard Petersen from Denmark secured bronze with 45 hits. Hancock had earlier topped the qualification rounds with 124 out of 125 hits.

Indian shooter Bhavtegh Singh Gill wrapped up his final round with a score of 22, finishing in 38th place with 119 hits (25, 25, 24, 23, 22). Olympian Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Asian champion Anantjeet Singh Naruka concluded their competitions on a high note, both scoring perfect 25s in their final rounds, finishing 53rd and 83rd respectively with totals of 117 (24, 21, 25, 22, 25) and 115 (24, 24, 20, 22, 25).

Team USA also secured the men’s team gold with a total of 365 hits, with Italy following closely with 363 hits and hosts Greece at 361. India placed 16th overall with a combined score of 351.