Paris 2024 Olympics: U.S. Women’s Trap Competitors Ousted In Qualification Round

Team USA’s Ryann Phillips and Rachel Tozier will not compete in today’s Women’s Trap final after failing to advance from qualification at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 31.

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posted on July 31, 2024
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USA Shooting athlete Rachel Tozier at the Chateauroux Shooting Center’s trap field during the first day of the Paris 2024 Olympics Women’s Trap qualification round on Tuesday, July 30.
Photo by Joshua Schave

Team USA’s Ryann Phillips and Rachel Tozier have been eliminated from the Women’s Trap event at the Paris 2024 Olympics after the conclusion of the two-day qualification process on Wednesday.

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Team USA’s Ryann Phillips competing during the second day of Women’s Trap qualification at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Wednesday, July 31. (Photo by John Parker)

 

Phillips, who hails from Gail, Texas, exited Women’s Trap qualification in 16th place with 116 of 125 targets. Making her Olympic debut this year, Phillips was perfect in the first round until missing her 23rd target, although she did have a hit streak of 39 targets across rounds two and three.

As for Tozier, who is a staff sergeant in U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit from Pattonsburg, Missouri, she walked away from day two of Women’s Trap qualification on Wednesday in 18th place with 116 of 125 targets. She is competing at the Olympic Games for the first time this year. While she was perfect in the third round with 25 of 25 targets, Tozier missed targets during the other four, including her initial one in the first round.

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Rachel Tozier at the Chateauroux Shooting Center’s trap field during the first day of the Paris 2024 Olympics Women’s Trap qualification round on Tuesday, July 30. (Photo by Joshua Schave)

 

There was a total of 30 competitors in the Women’s Trap event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Advancing to the Women’s Trap final are the following top six shooters:

  1. Mar Molné Magriñà, 123 (Spain)
  2. Fatima Galvez, 122+9 (Spain)
  3. Adriana Ruano, 122+8 (Guatemala)
  4. Silvana Stanco, 122+0+1 (Italy)
  5. Cuicui Wu, 122+0+0 (China)
  6. Penny Smith, 121+2 (Australia)
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USA Shooting athlete Ryann Phillips is on the Chateauroux Shooting Center’s trap field during the first day of the Paris 2024 Olympics Women’s Trap qualification round on Tuesday, July 30. (Photo by Joshua Schave)

 

The Women’s Trap final at the Paris 2024 Olympics will be on Wednesday, July 31, at 3:30 p.m. (Paris time).

Keep checking back with Shooting Sports USA often for the latest results and updates from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Learn more about USA Shooting at usashooting.org.

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