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Jiang Yiting of China in action during the ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Cairo, Egypt. /China Sports Daily
Chinese 18-year-old shooter Jiang Yiting won the women's skeet shooting gold at the 2023 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Shotgun World Cup held in Cairo, Egypt on Saturday.
Jiang scored 35 hits out of 40 flying targets, while Italy's Simona Scocchetti settled for a silver with 33 hits.
"I am pretty excited now. It was a tough competition because in the semifinal I missed some targets. But eventually, I managed to adjust very well and got the gold medal," Jiang said. She scored 19 hits out of 30 and Scocchetti scored 20 in the semifinal.
Jiang wins the women's skeet gold during the ISSF Shotgun World Cup. /China Sports Daily
Jiang said that she trained very hard for about eight hours every day to achieve this result.
"I was anxious about facing excellent shooters and world champions in this world cup but I had to overcome my anxiety and gather my confidence to get to the top," Jiang added.
"You have to have confidence and determination in your heart and to believe that the target is right there in front of your eyes, and you can hit it," she explained.
ISSF's tweet on April 30 about players and their rankings in the skeet event. /@issf_official
Sun Haogang, a coach from the Chinese skeet team, said that he is very proud of Jiang for her well-deserved achievement, expressing his belief in her as "a very talented shooter."
"In the previous world championships, world cups and international games, Jiang Yiting demonstrated a very good performance, so we had it in our hearts that she could make it today," the Chinese coach told Xinhua.
The ISSF Shotgun World Cup in underway in Cairo from April 25 to May 5.
(With input from Xinhua)
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