Joshua Richmond made it two finalists in two events for the US in San Marino and with just one miss in the final grabbed the first gold medal of the event for the US. Richmond had yet to make a final in 2016 but was certainly a contender in both previous events with top 10 finishes. He certainly looks like a potential Olympic medalist after the performance he had on Monday. Richmond posted the third highest score, a 140, in qualifying to reach the six-man final. In the semifinals Richmond was second best with a 28 and won a shoot-off against Qiang Pan of China to reach the gold medal match. There he defeated Germany’s Andreas Loew by hitting his first 28 shots and 29 of 28 overall to win by one. Walton Eller, also a 2016 Olympian, had two 25’s in qualifying and finished with a 134, four behind the sixth place finisher in 17th.

There are no competitions on Tuesday and Wednesday before Thursday things resume with men’s and women’s skeet. Women’s skeet is a single day competition where 2016 Olympians Kimberly Rhode and Morgan Craft will participate. Both Rhode and Craft have great finishes this year, Rhode second in Rio and making the final in Nicosia while Craft won in Nicosia. Men’s skeet is a two day competition and the US will be represented by 2016 Olympians Vincent Hancock and Frank Thompson. Thompson posted a top ten finish in Rio while Hancock has reached both finals but failed to medal.

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