Skeet: Bacosi and Rossetti triumph in the mixed team event: Italy’s ninth gold medal at Paris 2024

The Italian flag flies high at Paris 2024 at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre.

In the first mixed skeet team event in Olympic history, the gold medal was claimed by an Italian pair, Diana Bacosi and Gabriele Rossetti, who return to the top of the podium after their individual titles at Rio 2016.

The two Azzurri (photo by Ferdinando Mezzelani/CONI) delivered a superb performance in the preliminary session, achieving a score of 149/150, equalling the world record for qualification. In the gold medal match, they faced the US duo of Vincent Hancock and Austen Jewell Smith, who were narrowly defeated with a final score of 45-44. 

Bacosi and Rossetti embraced and celebrated, securing Italy’s 25th medal of these Games and the ninth gold for the Italia Team.