Danilo Dennis Sollazzo wins gold in 10m air rifle at Taranto 2026

Danilo Dennis Sollazzo won the gold medal in the 10m air rifle event at the Taranto 2026 Mediterranean Games. The 23-year-old Italian athlete secured the victory with a final score of 249.8 points.

In the final round, Sollazzo defeated Croatia’s Miran Marcic, who scored 248.9, and Greece’s Angelos Stylianos Sarantakis, who took the bronze with 227.4 points. This victory marks the first medal for the Italian national team in this specific shooting discipline during the games.

Earlier in the competition, Edoardo Bonazzi had recorded the highest qualifying score of 632.1, but he was unable to maintain that performance in the final, finishing in seventh place with 143.7 points.