It was another memorable day for Malta’s clay shooting sport after Gianluca Chetcuti and William Chetcuti step on the top two steps of the podium in the double trap competition at the Budva Shooting Ranges.
Gianluca Chetcuti’s triumph handed Team Malta their fourth gold medal of the Games so far.
The Maltese shooters were a class above their rivals as they held the top two positions throughout the whole five rounds of the 150-clay competition.
For Malta this result has further rubberstamped their superiority in this discipline as it is the third time in GSSE history that Malta clinched a gold and silver double in this competition.
The other two occasions were in San Marino 2001 when Philip Busuttil finished ahead of William Chetcuti while four years later it was William Chetcuti who took gold ahead Emanuel Grima.
Gianluca Chetcuti, the defending gold medallist after his triumph in San Marino two years ago, was in complete control for much of the opening four rounds of 30 clays when compiling scores of 28, 26, 25 and 28 to surge to a five-point lead at the top on 107.
William Chetcuti was five behind with one round to after hitting scores of 25, 27, 25 and 27 for 102. He also had...
