Today is day 5 of competition for Para Shooting Sport as part of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games! And it is Natalie Smith in action in her second and final event; R8 Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions.
QUALIFICATION 9:30am local/5:30pm AEST
FINAL 4pm local/12am AEST 4 September (top 8 qualifiers)
How can you follow Natalie’s event?
You can see the competition start list and follow Natalie’s scores live via the Paris 2024 website.
R8 WOMEN’S 50M RIFLE 3 POSITION
Anton Zappelli competed in the R3 Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone event on Sunday 1 September. Anton shot a qualification score of 631.9, placing 15th and bettering his score in Tokyo 2020 by 0.3 points. Read the competition recap and see the competition scores via the buttons below.
ANTON ZAPPELLI R3 EVENT RECAP (PARALYMPICS AUSTRALIA)
R3 MIXED 10M AIR RIFLE PRONE SCORES
What is the R8 Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions event?
R8 is a quick reference of the event with R representing Rifle. We could just say “today Natalie is competing in the R8 event”.
This event is one of the three women’s only events including in this years Olympics.
50m Rifle is the distance between the athlete and the target.
3 positions means that the competitors will shoot a combination of positions that includes kneeling, prone and standing.
What is the competition format of the R8 Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions event?
This event is considered the marathon event out of the rifle events due to the time it takes to compete qualifification; 2 hours and 45 minutes!
A smallbore .22 calibre (5.6mm) rifle is used to fire 120 shots down the 50 metre range, aiming for the bullseye! The target measures 15.5cms in diametre. The “10” ring is 1cm (10 mm) in diameter with an inner “X” ring (bullseye) a mere 5mm in diametre.
The goal of shooting this event is to place a series of shots inside the centre ring (‘bullseye’) of the target. The target is comprised of 10 concentric scoring rings with a score grade of 1 to 10. Natalie will fire 40 shots in the kneeling position, 40 shots in the prone position and 40 shots in the standing position. The shots will be fired
