Preview, schedule, and how to watch skeet stars compete in the Paris 2024 Olympic qualifier

The 2022 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Shotgun Championship has 8 quota places for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in skeet competition.

In addition to two individual competitions – men’s skeet, women’s skeet – there are also world championship titles in men’s and women’s team competitions (three shooters each) and mixed team (one woman and one man) which could be crucial for Olympic selection Up only a full season of World Cup events remains before the 2024 Games.

The action from the event can be streamed live right here on Olympic Channel via Olympics.com. Read on to learn more about how to spectate and which athletes are the favorites in Croatia.

19 Sep – 12 Oct

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When and where will the ISSF World Championships Shotgun 2022 take place?

The 2022 ISSF World Championships for Skeet and Trap will be held in Osijek, in the Central European country Croatia.

Shooting Range Pampas is the venue. It has 5 combined ranges for Trap/Double Trap/Skeet.

To catch Senior Elite Shooting Competition from Monday 26 to Friday 30 September 2022.

That sketch events take place out Friday 7th to Tuesday 11th October 2022.

Below is a full schedule including information on the Paris 2024 Olympic Qualifiers.

READ MORE: How to Qualify in Shooting for Paris 2024 – The Olympic Qualification System Explained

Skeet shooters to watch at the 2022 World Shotgun Championship

The reigning Olympic champion Vincent Hancock leads the US skeet team. He has joined Dustan Taylor and Christian Eliot in the men’s team, while the US women’s team is there Dania Vizzi, Sam Simontonand AustenSmithwho displaced the five-time Olympic champion Kim Rhode for their three spots in Croatia.

Reigning world champion and Olympic silver medalist Marcus Svensson, as well as 2013 silver medalist and world champion Jesper Hansen from Denmark are among the participating medalists from Tokyo 2020.

Amber Mountain (pictured) will represent Great Britain, fresh from winning the European title in Larnaca. of France Eric Delaunay will be keen to improve on his fifth place finish at these Olympics. Italy’s starting list includes Andrea Benellithe 62-year-old technical director of the Italian skeet team, who won the gold medal in Athens in 2004 and has nine world titles to his credit.

Other notable names in skeet competition include India’s two-time Olympian Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Yerjanik Avetisyan from Armenia (women’s skeet), who has previously won three world titles representing Russia.

A contingent from the Middle East includes Qatar’s Olympic medalist and four-time Dakar Rally winner Nasser Al-Attiyahtwo-time Olympic medalist Abdullah Al-Rashidi of Kuwait, as well as five-time Olympic gold medalist and member of the UAE’s ruling family, Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum.

The shooters will also try to make their mark in the new Olympic discipline, mixed team skeet, which debuts in Paris in 2024.

Qualification for the Olympic Games in Paris 2024 from the World Shotgun Championship 2022 in Osijek

At the ISSF World Championships Shotgun Osijek 2022, 16 Olympic quota places for Paris 2024 are up for grabs.

All will be awarded in individual finals: men’s trap, women’s trap (both finals on September 28), men’s skeet and women’s skeet (both finals on October 9).

• TRAP Men = 4 quota places on offer.
• TRAP Women = 4 quota places on offer.
• SKEET men = 4 quota places on offer.
• SKEET women = 4 quota places on offer.

These quota places are awarded to the National Olympic Committee (NOC) rather than to the individual athlete.

Great Britain, the Czech Republic, Italy and Germany have already secured trap quota places for Paris 2024 thanks to their performances at the Euro 2022.

Italy, Great Britain, the Czech Republic and Sweden claimed the offered skeet berths in Larnaca.

19 Sep – 12 Oct

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ISSF World Championship Shotgun Osijek 2022: Skeet competition schedule and start times

Junior skeet age group individual and team competitions will be held from Saturday 1st to Wednesday 5th October.

The Elite Skeet competition runs from Friday 7th to Tuesday 11th October.

Medal events in bold. All times are in Osijek, Croatia, Central European Summer Time (CEST) and 2 hours ahead of GMT/UTC.

Thursday October 6, 2022

• Training day before the event – ​​men and women

Friday 7 October 2022

• 08:30 – 16:15 CEST – Skeet Men’s Day 1
• 08:30 – 16:15 CEST – Day 1 of the Skeet Women

Saturday 9 October 2022

• 08:30 – 16:15 CEST – Skeet Men’s Day 2
• 08:30 – 16:15 CEST – Skeet Women Day 2

Sunday 9 October 2022

Monday 10 October 2022

Tuesday 11 October 2022

• 08:00 – 14:20 CEST – Skeet Team Men
• 08:00 – 14:20 CEST – Women’s Skeet Team
• From 15:30 CEST – Final Skeet Team Women
• From 16:25 CEST – Final Skeet Team Men

All times are subject to change. The full schedule is available here on the ISSF website.

The Shotgun World Championships will be followed by the World Rifle/Pistol Championships in Cairo (12-25 October), which is also a qualifier for Paris 2024 and can be watched live on Olympic Channel.

How to watch ISSF World Championship Shotgun Osijek 2022 Skeet and Trap competitions and Paris 2024 Qualifier Finals

The finals, which offer direct odds seats to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, will be streamed live on Olympic Channel via Olympics.com, with replays and highlights also available.

Action from all World Shotgun Shooting Championships will also be televised via the Promoter’s broadcast and digital live streaming partners, as well as the ISSF Live Stream and YouTube channels. Full information can be found here.