McKenna Dahl (Arlington, Wash.) missed Tuesday’s final in the R5 mixed 10-meter air rifle prone by 0.3 points, finishing as the top American shooter during the fourth day of competition at the 2019 World Shooting Para Sport Championships in Sydney, Australia. Dahl ended the qualification round in ninth place with a score of 634.6. Teammates Stetson Bardfield (Colorado […]
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Dahl Makes Second Straight Final in R9 Mixed 50m Prone
McKenna Dahl (Arlington, Wash.) battled the blustery conditions in Sydney, Australia, on Thursday to qualify for her second consecutive final in the R9 mixed 50-meter prone SH2 event during the sixth day of competition at the 2019 World Shooting Para Sport Championships. Dahl had previously won the qualification in this event at the World Cup in […]
Dahl Earns Third Quota for U.S. at World Shooting Para Sport Championships
In its only match of the day on Sunday at the World Shooting Para Sport Championships in Sydney, Australia,, Team USA picked up another quota slot for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games, marking the team’s third quota slot earned over the first two days of the event. McKenna Dahl (Arlington, Wash.) led the U.S. in the […]
Gong and Farmer Secure Quotas at World Shooting Para Sport Championships
Xiao Gong (Malibu, Calif.) and Taylor Farmer (Castalia, Ohio) both secured Paralympic Games quota slots for the United States during the opening day of the 2019 World Shooting Para Sport Championships in Sydney, Australia. Xiao, who works with In Kim and is a product of the Bridge Junior Shooting Club, fired an impressive 564 in the mixed 25-meter […]
U.S. Shooters Finish Parapan American Games with Nine Medals
The shooting competition at the 2019 Parapan American Games wrapped up Tuesday in Lima, Peru, with American athletes adding two more medals to their hefty tally. Stetson Bardfield (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and McKenna Dahl (Arlington, Wash.) won the gold and silver medals, respectively, in the mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2 event. For Dahl, it marked her second time […]
Nguyen Golden, Tagliapietra and Beach Win Bronze at Parapan Am Games
Kevin Nguyen (Westminster, Calif.) and Mike Tagliapietra (Fond du Lac, Wis.) medaled for the second consecutive day on Monday, swapping the color of their medals from the previous day as the shooting competition at the 2019 Parapan American Games reached the three-quarters mark in Lima, Peru. A day after claiming bronze in the mixed 10m air rifle prone […]
Dahl Golden in Shooting’s Parapan Am Games Debut LIMA, Peru
McKenna Dahl (Arlington, Wash.) just keeps making history. As shooting made it’s Parapan American Games debut on Saturday in Lima, and three years removed from becoming the first U.S. woman to win a medal in the sport at the Paralympic Games, Dahl etched her name in the Parapan Am Games record book as shooting’s first gold […]
Quota + 3 Medals Concludes Successful Pan Am Games for America’s Shooting Team
(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – August 3, 2019) – The 2020 vision USA Shooting is seeking was set in motion with an ultra-successful 2019 Pan American Games as shooting competition concluded Saturday in Lima, Peru. But, not before Team USA earned another three medals and an additional Olympic quota. The week-long competition provided plenty of podium moments […]
Olympian Kozeniesky Overcomes to Earn Quota & Gold at Pan Am Games
(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – August 2, 2019) – Podium performances and earning Olympic quotas has become infectious in Lima, Peru for America’s Shooting Team. Grit and determination has allowed the USA Shooting Team to earn 17 medals and six Olympic quotas with one day remaining of shooting competition at the 2019 Pan American Games. Nowhere has […]
Team USA Gets Weisz for Gold/Olympic Quota & Additional Miles in Women’s Air Rifle
(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – August 1, 2019) – PLEASE NOTE: Women’s Air Rifle Recap reprinted with permission as written by TeamUSA.org’s Kendra Hansey. Ali Weisz won not only a Pan American Games Lima 2019 gold medal, but also the final quota spot for the U.S. women’s 10-meter air rifle for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. […]