Day 7 of the Shooting Competition coming up today from the National Shooting Centre in Chateauroux, France…
WOMEN’S 25M PRECISION (PISTOL) QUALIFICATION
AUSTRALIAN ATHLETE COMPETING: ELENA GALIABOVITCH
Competition commences at 9.00am Local (CEST) / 5.00pm AEST!
The 25m Pistol Women’s event requires exceptional precision and speed as athletes aim to hit targets positioned 25m away within a brief 3-second timeframe.
Competition begins with a precision round followed by rapid fire in the qualification phase, totalling 60 shots. The top 8 athletes advance to the finals, where only rapid fire is contested. Athletes have 3 seconds per shot with a 7-second interval between triggers. Scoring operates on a hit or miss basis, with a score of 10.2 or higher deemed a hit. Targets, 25m away, have a diameter slightly less than 10cm.
The finals consist of 10 series of 5 shots each, with elimination beginning after the 4th series based on the lowest hit count. Ties are resolved through shoot-offs, where tied athletes fire additional series of 5 shots until the tie is broken.
SEE THE START LIST AND FOLLOW RESULTS
MEN’S SKEET (SHOTGUN) QUALIFICATION DAY 1
AUSTRALIAN ATHLETE COMPETING: JOSHUA BELL
Competition commences at 9.00am Local (CEST) / 5.00pm AEST!
Competitors will shoot 75 targets across three rounds of 25. The remaining 50 targets (for a total out of 125) will be shot on the second day of qualification on Saturday. The Men’s Skeet Final will be held following qualification, for the top 6 qualifiers.
Athletes wield 12 gauge shotguns, aiming at clay targets released from two houses situated at opposite ends of the shooting field. During qualification, athletes shoot from eight stations, targeting a total of 125 clays. They shoot down single and/or double targets before moving to the next station. Precision, accuracy, and adaptability are essential as athletes navigate through the rounds. The top 6 performers advance to the final rounds, where they confront 60 additional targets shooting from 3 stations. Depending on the station, the athletes shoot down 1 or 2 doubles, meaning they always call for 2 targets at the same time. The six finalists engage in an elimination process after shooting 20 targets, and this process continues every 10 targets until only two competitors remain to compete for the gold medal
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Jack Rossiter and Dane Sampson competed in their final event of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in the 50m Men’s 3 Position Qualifications on Wednesday 31 August 2024.
Congratulations to Jack and Dane on their performances.
Three-time Olympian Jack Rossiter placed 27th with a score of 585-27x. Four-time Olympian Dane finished in 34th with 581-27x. The cut off score for the finals was 590-35x. That completes the Olympic program for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games for Rossiter and Sampson.
