Today is the 7th and final day of competition for Para Shooting Sport as part of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games! And it is Anton Zappelli in action in his second and final event; R6 Mixed 50m Rifle Prone (SH1).
QUALIFICATION 9:30am local/5:30pm AEST
FINAL 11:45am local/7:45pm AEST (top 8 qualifiers)
How can you follow Anton’s event?
You can see the competition start list and follow Anton’s scores live via the Paris 2024 website.
R6 – MIXED 50M RIFLE PRONE SH1
What is the R6 Mixed 50m Rifle Prone event?
R6 is a quick reference of the event with R representing Rifle. We could just say “today Anton is competing in the R6 event”.
Mixed means that men and women will be competing on the line at the same time, against each other.
50m Rifle is the distance between the athlete and the target.
Prone means the position the competitor will be in to shoot. The prone position resembles a ‘lying down’ position.
What is the competition format of the R6 Mixed 50m Rifle Prone event?
A smallbore .22 calibre (5.6mm) rifle is used to fire 60 shots down the 50 metre range in 50 minutes, 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.
The 60 shots will be fired in 6 x ten shot series.
The top eight athletes in the qualification round qualify for the final, however, qualification scores are not carried over into the final.
