Thirteen athletes, including three Olympians, came to the U.S. Army Marksmanship’s Home of Champions in Fort Benning, Georgia and earned their spots for the Pan American Games or two future World Cups during USA Shooting’s Rifle/Pistol Spring Selection Match. Airgun competition concluded Thursday after two days of fierce competition. This match is selecting the competitors […]
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French And Russian Shooters Star At The 9Th Grand Prix Of France
The French federal training center of Fleury-les-Aubrais hosted the 9th edition of the Grand Prix of France. The competition took place from the 13th to the 16th of February, welcoming more than 200 shooters coming from 12 nations and also representing 22 shooting clubs. The final medal saw the Russian Federation finishing on top with […]
Nation’s Top Youth Shooting Athletes Invited to Olympic Training Center for 2019 National Junior Olympic Championships
There are few things that mean more to youth across America participating in the shooting sports than the opportunity to compete in the National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships (NJOSC). That opportunity became reality for 607 rifle and pistol athletes Thursday when USA Shooting unveiled the first-round invites for the annual April event in Colorado Springs. […]
USA Shooting Kicks Off ISSF World Cup Season in India
The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) 2019 World Cup season kicks off tomorrow as 18 USA Shooting athletes have made their way to New Delhi, India for the ISSF Rifle/Pistol World Cup starting Wednesday and running through February 28. Nearly 500 athletes from 58 countries are expected to compete at this World Cup. It’s crunch […]
ISSF Official Visit to Tokyo 2020 Games
The ISSF President Vladimir Lisin paid visit to the host city of the 2020 Olympic Games, Tokyo, where he held a series of meetings in connection with the preparations for the Olympic Shooting competitions. The ISSF delegation discussed several important topics with representatives of the Organizing Committee’s Sports Department, transportation, venue management, accommodation, procurement, sport […]
Punjab Shooter Arjun Cheema Eyes Ticket to Tokyo
Punjab’s 17-year-old shooting prodigy Arjun Cheema is the latest shining product of the sport’s rising popularity in India after Manu Bhaker, Saurabh Chaudhary, Anish Bhanwala, Elavenil Valarivan, and Sidhu twins Vijayveer and Udhayveer. After winning the gold medal in the men’s 10-metre air pistol event of the recent Khelo India Youth Games, the student of […]
IOC Approves ISSF Request to Prolong Tokyo 2020 Qualification Period
Last December, the newly elected ISSF Executive Committee had unanimously voted to prolong the internal Qualification period for the 2020 Olympic Games from April 30th, 2020, till May 31st, 2020. A request to accept such a change was sent to the IOC. The initiative belongs to the European Shooting Confederation (ESC). Back in autumn of […]
46 National Olympic Committees Expect Allocation of Quota Places for 2019 European Games in Minsk
Forty-six National Olympic Committees (NOCs) can expect the allocation of Quota Places in the shooting sport for the 2nd European Games in Minsk, Belarus. On behalf of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) and the European Shooting Confederation (ESC) the Organizing Committee (MECOG) will inform by the 1st of February 2019 the NOCs of their allocated Quota […]
USA Shooting Wins 39 Medals, Eight Olympic Quotas at Championship of the Americas
The USA Shooting Team has returned from the 12th Championship of the Americas (CAT) in Guadalajara, Mexico with 39 medals and eight Olympic quotas. Winning gold medals at CAT that garnered Olympic quotas for the United States were Dempster Christenson in Men’s Air Rifle (Sioux Falls, South Dakota), George Norton in Men’s Three-Position Rifle (Salina, Kansas/U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit), James Hall in […]
Olympic Bronze Medalist Jason Turner Named National Pistol Coach
USA Shooting is proud to announce that 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Jason Turner (Rochester, New York, pictured far right with Championship of the Americas Pistol athletes) has officially been named National Pistol Coach. Turner, who won bronze in Men’s Air Pistol at the 2008 Olympic Games, has served as National Assistant Coach of the program since he […]