2016 Olympians Kimberly Rhode and Morgan Craft both were competitive in the women’s skeet event on Thursday but each were just off enough to miss out on a final appearance. 72 ended up being the cutoff score and when Rhode missed the fifth to last target of her final round she sealed her fate with a 71 that left her ninth. For Craft it was the opening round 22 that set her day off to a bad start and despite 24s in the second two rounds her total of 70 was only good enough for 12th. The US had multiple finalists in each of the first two world cup events so this was a disappointing showing.

In the men’s competition 2016 Olympian Vincent Hancock was nearly perfect on Thursday missing just one target his 49 has him in 11th with seven shooters perfect so far. Frank Thompson started with a 21 and despite a 25 to follow his 46 on day one has him in 52nd and needing a perfect storm on day Friday. After the final three rounds of qualifying on Friday morning there will be a final later in the day.

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Preview
Friday Update
Monday Update