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 […]
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Tucker and Kozeniesky Take Silver in 10M Air Rifle Mixed Teams Air Rifle
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 […]
Shaner Takes Gold in Men’s Air Rifle
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 […]
Tucker Places Sixth in Women’s Air Rifle, Strong Olympic Debuts Across USA Shooting
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 […]
SGT Nick Mowrer Makes History on Road to 2021 Tokyo Olympics
SGT Nick Mowrer has reached a milestone that no other American has – competing in more than one discipline at the Olympic Games. Mowrer is set to fire in 10-meter air pistol, 50-meter smallbore rifle and the 10-meter mixed air pistol team event in Tokyo. “While it comes with a certain cool factor, the actual […]
USA Shooting Team Together And Ready to Take On The World In Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan- The members of the United States Shooting Team have all arrived in Japan and completed their first days of official training for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Rifle and pistol athletes were the first to arrive with shotgun following a few days later. “I’m so glad all of the shotgun shooters arrived in Tokyo and have entered the village. That’s step […]
Meet Your Tokyo 2020 U.S. Paralympic Shooting Team
Colorado Springs, Colorado- USA Shooting announces today its nominees for the Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. McKenna Geer, Taylor Farmer, Jazmin Almlie-Ryan, John Wayne Joss III, Kevin Nguyen, and YanXiao Gong are the six athletes who will represent Team USA at the Paralympic Games this summer. “I think we have really nice diversity on the team with rifle and pistol […]
NRA Shooting Sports USA: How To Watch Tokyo Olympics Shooting Events
Although shooting events will probably not be a major part of the television broadcasts, there are still ways to watch Team USA shooters compete this summer at the Olympics. For the duration of the Tokyo Games, the NBC Olympics websitewill be streaming the majority of the shooting event finals and qualifying events. In order to […]
William Shaner Wins Gold in Croatia
Osijek, Croatia– William Shaner wins gold at ISSF World Cup Croatia in men’s 10m air rifle event, his first individual World Cup medal. The youngest participant in the finals, Shaner won by taking the lead early and continuing his hold throughout all 24 shots. Shaner outscored Vladimir Maslennikov of Russia and Petar Gorsa of Croatia who took second and third respectively. “Winning the World Cup is a huge confidence booster,” said Shaner. “I’ve always managed […]
Tokyo Olympians Take the Podium at CMP’s 2021 Camp Perry Open
CAMP PERRY, Ohio – SP4 Alison Weisz, 26, of the U. S. Army Marksmanship Unit was one of two Tokyo Olympic athletes who claimed wins at the Camp Perry Open marksmanship event (held Friday, May 21, to Sunday, May 23) – overtaking the 60 Shot Rifle Match with an outstanding score of 1261.9. The 2021 […]