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		AusPistol - Sydney 2000 Olympics ^Votes:0 Sydney 2000 Olympics Other articles of Interest Olympic Team Profile Paralympic Team Profile Honour Role Range Overview Range Pictures Pistol Shooting at the Sydney Olympics and Paralympics Official Olympic Web pages - www.olympics.com and www.paralympic.org.au Aussie, Annemarie Forder, wins Womens Air Pistol Bronze medal... In the News Womens Air Results Silver Medal for Peter Tait in the 25m Sport Pistol, (Mixed P3) 25m Sport Pistol Results Olympic Pistol Results Paralympic Pistol Events 10m Mens Air Pistol 10m Womens Air Pistol 50m Free Pistol 25m Rapid Fire 25m Womens Sport Pistol 10m Mens Air Pistol 25m Sport Pistol 50m Free Pistol Pistol Team Profile Paralympic Team Profile Our past Olympic Honour Role since 1956. Copyright © AusPistol. All rights reserved. Read More Go to Site


		BCTSA - Air Rifle Information ^Votes:0 Air Rifle With a bull's-eye the size of a pinhead, this is no casual plinking sport. Air Rifle is shot by both men and women in competitions from club level to the Olympics. All shooting is done from the standing position but Canada is starting to get involved in the 3 Position Rifle shooting which has become very popular in Europe and the USA. Men and Women are placed in classes according to ability so the thrill of winning is available to all who try this fast growing sport. This discipline first made its debut at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. It is becoming increasingly popular in Canada as the Government imposes more and more regulations on other firearms. It is for this same reason that the European countries rank this as their most popular shooting sport. The skills required fo Read More Go to Site

		KIDCYBER TOPICS ^Votes:0 Shooting Shooting events in the Olympic Games are for men and women. The competitors use rifles and pistols. They shoot at targets 25 or 50 metres away. For some events the shooters stand and for others they kneel down or shoot while lying on the ground. In events called trap shooting and skeet shooting , the shooters fire shotguns at clay saucers which are flung into the air from a machine. Men's shooting was one of the nine sports at the first Olympic Games of modern times in Athens in 1896. In 1900 at the Paris Olympics the shooters shot at live pigeons! Women competed in shooting events for the first time at the Los Angeles 1984 Games. At the Athens Olympic Games in 2004 390 men and women competitors will take part in shooting events. Acknowledge this source in your bibliography like t Read More Go to Site

		NBC Olympics \| Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing China ^Votes:0 NBC Olympics Olympic Sports Video Photos Team USA Beijing 2008 Search GO You appear to have disabled JavaScript in your browser. You must have JavaScript enabled to use NBC Olympics. Archery Badminton Baseball Basketball Beach Volleyball Boxing Canoe/Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern Pent. Rowing Sailing Shooting Soccer Softball Swimming Sync. Swimming Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Track and Field Triathlon Volleyball Water Polo Weightlifting Wrestling Countdown to Beijing 259 d 1 h 21 m Games of the XXIX Olympiad Opening Number: In China, the number '8' is considered auspicious. The Beijing Games officially begin on 08-08-08, at 8 p.m. Full Olympic Schedule Upcoming Games Vancouver 2010 London 2012 Sochi 2014 Amazing Awaits Athens 2004: M Read More Go to Site

		OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT ^Votes:0 Olympic Games Sports Athletes News The Movement Olympic Museum Education FranÇais www.olympic.org - Site Officiel du Mouvement Olympique Olympic News ?IOC/Roxburgh 21 November 2007 SOCHI 2014: Orientation Seminar Wraps-Up This week saw Sochi 2014 take another important step on its journey to hosting top quality Olympic Winter Games in 2014, with the Sochi 2014 Orientation Seminar being held in the Russian Capital, Moscow. The seminar allowed the IOC,... [ Full story ] When Edstr?m was at the helm of the IOC (21 November 2007) YOG 2010: Bid city presentations via video conference (20 November 2007) Five cities to compete to host the 1st Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010 (19 November 2007) More Olympic news Media Centre Press releases and more 260 days to go One World, One Dream. Beijing wi Read More Go to Site

		SportsLine USA - Olympic Shooting ^Votes:0 Return to Olympic HomePage Read More Go to Site

		ThinkQuest : Site Unavailable ^Votes:0 Think.com ThinkQuest Library Library Competition Website Currently Unavailable We're sorry, but the ThinkQuest Library site you are trying to access is currently unavailable. It has been taken offline for maintenance. We appreciate your patience and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. The ThinkQuest Library includes over 5000 educational websites on hundreds of different topics. Please visit the ThinkQuest Library to see if one of the other sites includes the information you need. If you are the creator of this site and you have additional questions, please contact us and be sure to provide your teamID or the url of your site. Unfortunately, we will not be able to help if you do not include the name of the site, url, or teamID to help us identify the site. Thank you for your pa Read More Go to Site

		USA Shooting ^Votes:0 USAS Membership #: Matt Emmons Selected as October USOC Male Athlete of the Month COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (November 14, 2007) - The U.S. Olympic Committee announced USA Shooting?s Matt Emmons and USA Swimming?s Natalie Coughlin as its October Athletes of the Month. The USOC Team of the Month was awarded to the U.S. Junior National Taekwondo Team. Emmons (Browns Mills, N.J.), a 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist, earned a gold medal in the Men?s 50m 3 Position Rifle event at the 2007 ISSF Rifle/Pistol World Cup Final in Bangkok, Thailand. Along with the gold, Emmons also won a silver medal in the Men?s Prone Rifle event. Following a two-year point selection system, Emmons secured two nominations to the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team with his first and second place finishes in the World Cup Final. [ More ] Read More Go to Site

		VPC - Press Release - (07/22/99) - Combat Shooting Sets Its Sights On 2004 Olympic Games ^Votes:0 Combat Shooting Sets Its Sights On 2004 Olympic Games Activists Worldwide Call on Olympic Officials to Reject Effort Competition Rooted in Violent Fantasy Would Pollute Olympics, Legitimize Powerful Non-Sporting Weapons A campaign to establish combat shooting as an exhibition sport at the 2004 Olympic Games?under the euphemistic name of "practical shooting"?came under fire today from gun control activists around the world. The Violence Policy Center joined international firearms researcher Philip Alpers in Washington, DC to release a new report and video clips that document the true nature of combat shooting, and call on Olympic officials to deny it official Olympic status. Combat shooting competitions are built around fantasy scenarios, with humanoid "bad guy" targets to be shot and simil Read More Go to Site

		WashingtonPost.com: Shooting ^Votes:0 Main Sections Business Interact (Talk & Technology) International National Sports Style Washington World (Metro) Weather Home Page Site Index Search Help BigBook Business Directory Autos Classified CareerPost (Jobs Classified) Homes Classified Rentals Classified Olympic Sections AP Olympic News Event Venues Local Olympians Medal Chart Olympic News Summary Olympic Talk Olympic Trivia Post Olympic Articles Schedule by Day TV Schedule Archery Badminton Baseball Basketball Beach Volleyball Boxing Canoe/Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Gymnastics Judo Modern Pentathlon Rowing Shooting Soccer Softball Swimming Synchronized Swimming Tennis Table Tennis Team Handball Track and Field Volleyball Water Polo Weightlifting Wrestling Yachting LATEST SHOOTING NEWS SHOOTING RESULTS FAC Read More Go to Site

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