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Where to Watch and How to Follow: Shooting at the Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020

August 27, 2021 By Tom McHale Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Competition Tagged With: Olympic Air Pistol, Olympic Shooting Sports, Olympics, Paralympics, USA Shooting

NSSF Salutes USA Shooting Olympic Medal Winners in USA Today Ad!

August 24, 2021 By Tom McHale Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Competition, Industry Tagged With: NSSF, Olympics

Six Olympic Medals for USA Shooting, Best Performance Since 1964

August 4, 2021 By Tom McHale Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Competition, Features Tagged With: Olympic Shooting Sports, Olympics, USA Shooting

USA Shooting Wraps Tokyo With Record Medal Count

August 3, 2021 By Tom McHale Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Competition, Features Tagged With: Olympic Air Pistol, Olympic Air Rifle, Olympic Shooting Sports, Olympics, USA Shooting

Midway USA Foundation Helping to Fund Olympic Dreams

August 2, 2021 By Tom McHale Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Industry Tagged With: MidwayUSA Foundation, Olympic Air Pistol, Olympic Air Rifle, Olympics

Team USA Fires Blanks In Air Pistol – Again

July 29, 2021 By Tom McHale

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 […]

Filed Under: Competition Tagged With: Olympic Air Pistol, Olympic Shooting Sports, Olympics, Team USA

SASP Athletes, Staff To Represent USA At Olympics

July 28, 2021 By Tom McHale

The Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) has Olympic athletes in their ranks, ready to perform on the world stage in Tokyo. With their newly established international disciplines, SASP athletes saw podium finishes at the recent 2021 Air Pistol Junior Olympic National Championship before putting on incredible performances at the 2021 SASP National Championship. First up […]

Filed Under: Competition Tagged With: Olympic Shooting Sports, Olympics, SASP

Tucker and Kozeniesky Take Silver in 10M Air Rifle Mixed Teams Air Rifle

July 28, 2021 By Tom McHale Leave a Comment

The American team of Mary Carolyn Tucker and Lucas Kozeniesky took the Olympic silver medal in the inaugural 10 m Air Rifle Mixed Teams in Tokyo on Tuesday, breaking a nearly 100-year old drought for Team USA in the mixed team competition. Losing to the team from the People’s Republic of China of Qian Yang […]

Filed Under: Competition, Features Tagged With: Olympic Air Rifle, Olympics, Tokyo 2020

Shaner Takes Gold in Men’s Air Rifle

July 26, 2021 By Tom McHale Leave a Comment

William Shaner (Center) finishes atop the medal stand, taking the United State’s first ever medal in Men’s Air Rifle William Shaner broke through where other American’s had failed, capturing the first ever medal in Men’s Air Rifle in Olympics competition, happily it was gold. It is the first Olympics for the 20-year-old student at the […]

Filed Under: Competition, Features Tagged With: Olympic Air Rifle, Olympic Shooting Sports, Olympics

Tucker Places Sixth in Women’s Air Rifle, Strong Olympic Debuts Across USA Shooting

July 26, 2021 By Tom McHale Leave a Comment

Tokyo, Japan- Mary Tucker placed sixth in Women’s 10m Air Rifle at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games Saturday morning at Asaka Shooting Range in Tokyo, Japan. After qualifying third earlier that day, the number two world ranked athlete and two-time individual NCAA Champion, scored a 9.8 on her second shot and 9.7 on her sixth […]

Filed Under: Competition Tagged With: Mary Tucker, Olympic Air Rifle, Olympics, USA Shooting

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