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Olympics
Olympic Shooting Sports “In” Paris?
By Jim Shepherd I’ve decided I’m going to start referring to myself as a resident of Atlanta, Georgia. No, I don’t live in Atlanta, nor Georgia. But I’m using “Atlanta” by “International Olympic Committee” measurement standards. The IOC says the 2024 Olympic shooting competitions are being held in Paris, France. They’re decidedly not in Paris. The shooting […]
CMP to Host Part 3 of 2024 Olympic Trials in January
By Ashley Dugan, CMP Staff Writer The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) is privileged to announce USA Shooting has selected the Judith Legerski CMP Competition Center in Anniston, Ala., as host site to Part 3 of the 2024 Air Gun Olympic Trials! The match is set for Jan. 5-7, 2024, and will be the final step […]
MidwayUSA Foundation Joins USA Shooting to Host Airgun Camp at the Olympic & Paralympic Training Center
MidwayUSA Foundation, a proud partner of USA Shooting, is holding an air gun training camp, featuring Olympians and top-tier coaches, at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center (USOPTC) in Colorado Springs, Colorado, November 10-12. Every athlete and coach registration is a donation to the MidwayUSA Foundation endowment of the registrant’s choice. These endowments are […]
Where to Watch and How to Follow: Shooting at the Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020
The Paralympic Games kicked off earlier this week and are set to run from August 24 to September 5, 2021. Shooting fans can follow the action with live scores and live-stream event finals once competition gets underway on August 30 in Tokyo and runs through September 5, 2021. First time Paralympian, Taylor Farmer (Castilla, Ohio) kicks things […]
NSSF Salutes USA Shooting Olympic Medal Winners in USA Today Ad!
NEWTOWN, Conn. – By capturing six medals at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, USA Shooting equaled its best performance since the 1964 Tokyo Olympics—an achievement that NSSF®, the trade association for the firearm industry, is proudly celebrating in a full page ad in tomorrow’s edition of USA Today. “We are extremely proud of […]
Six Olympic Medals for USA Shooting, Best Performance Since 1964
Asaka Shooting Range, Tokyo, Japan- USA Shooting earned a grand total of six medals at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, making this their best performance at the Games since the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. USA Shooting athletes won three gold medals in Men’s Air Rifle (William Shaner), Women’s Skeet (Amber English), and Men’s […]
USA Shooting Wraps Tokyo With Record Medal Count
USA Shooting ended its impressive Olympic run-on Monday failing to qualify for finals of either the Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol or the Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions. But they were two of the very few times the team wasn’t in contention for a medal in the 12 days of competition. The team is bringing […]
Midway USA Foundation Helping to Fund Olympic Dreams
Columbia, MO –With the Tokyo Olympic Games in full swing, it’s always interesting to think about how the athletes made it to the world’s largest stage. For many of the shooting sports athletes, this road began on a youth shooting team attending competitions organized by the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) and the Scholastic Action Shooting […]
Team USA Fires Blanks In Air Pistol – Again
The USA air pistol contingent will leave Tokyo with none of its eight athletes making a finals. While difficult to fathom, it seems to be par for the course as the USA has historically been unsuccessful in the discipline. Since its inception at the 1998 Olympics in Seoul, the USA has won only two medals […]