Here's an excerpt from the press release from USA Shooting:
"COLO SPGS, CO (Aug. 15, 2024) – The U.S. Olympic shooting team brought back five medals and made history at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Chateauroux Shooting Range in France July 26- Aug. 11."......
"Sagen Maddalena: Silver, Women’s 50m Smallbore Rifle
Vincent Hancock: Gold, Men’s Skeet
Conner Prince: Silver, Men’s Skeet
Austen Smith: Bronze, Women’s Skeet
Vincent Hancock and Austen Smith: Silver, Mixed Team Skeet"
For those unfamiliar with the organization, they invest heavily in shotgun. Less so for rifle. Very little for pistol.
Hint: If you know or have any kids, think about getting them started in air pistol. There's quite a number of excellent schools that offer collegiate athletic scholarships. Pistol offers probably the greatest opportunities to gain a good scholarship.
The 2024 Summer Olympics seems to have been successful in promoting the Int'l target shooting sports in general. I've had numerous conversations with casual shooters/gun owners/CWP carry guys in which it has been brought up.
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