The USA Shooting Team exploded onto the scene at the Pan American Games with two medals and one quota the first day of competition. The team secured a very important pistol quota that enables the USA Shooting Team to send two Men’s 10m Air Pistol athletes to the London Olympic Games in 2012. Two-time Olympian [...]
The USA’s Kim Rhode (El Monte, Calif.) does it again. At the 2011 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Final in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, Rhode added another Women’s Skeet gold medal to her collection. The shooters began the day in scorching conditions of 105 degrees, but California native Rhode didn’t bat an [...]
Kim Rhode (El Monte, Calif.), Sergeant Glenn Eller (Katy, Texas) and Rachael Heiden (Clinton, Mich.) will take the stage at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Final. The competition will take place in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, from Oct. 1 to 6. This prestigious, invite-only event features competition from 59 of the [...]
Sergeant First Class Eric Uptagrafft (Phenix City, Ala.) capped off an outstanding international season today with a silver medal finish in the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Final. Uptagrafft, who recently returned from deployment in Afghanistan, shot 599 out of 600 match points in Men’s 50m Rifle Prone. Uptagrafft stayed strong throughout the [...]
Rachael Heiden (Clinton, Mich.) may still be a junior category shooter, but that certainly isn’t reflected in her scores. Heiden competes at a world-class level and hasn’t let her age stop her from winning two international medals in the last two months. At the 2011 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in Beijing, Heiden [...]
USA Shooting is pleased to announce that 2008 Olympian Jamie Beyerle (Lebanon, Pa.) has qualified for a nomination to the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team pending approval by the United States Olympic Committee. Upon approval, Beyerle will be competing in her second consecutive Olympic Games in Women’s 50m Rifle Three Position. At the 2008 Olympic Games [...]
The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), the International Governing Body for Olympic Shooting Sports based in Munich, Germany has announced USA’s Jon Michael McGrath (Tulsa, OK) has moved up in the World Ranking in the Olympic sport of Skeet from No. 7 to No. 5. McGrath won the Gold Medal for the United States in [...]
The Men’s 50m Rifle Three Position event produced some of the highest scores of the competition. China’s Qinan Zhu shot an outstanding 1181 points in qualification and followed it up with 99.4 points in the final for the gold medal and a total score of 1280.4 points. Italy’s Niccolo Campriani, who was last year’s gold [...]
At the third Women’s Skeet International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup final of the year, the USA’s Kim Rhode (El Monte, Calif.) brought home the silver medal. Despite the windy conditions, Rhode (pictured) entered the final with 72 qualification targets and only dropped the high house target of the final pair on station four [...]
In a near-perfect performance, Sarah Scherer (Fort Worth, Texas) claimed the gold medal in Women’s 10m Air Rifle at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Korea. Scherer shot 398 qualification points and was tied with Poland’s Agnieska Nagay entering the final. Against the 30-year-old and two-time Olympian, Scherer’s confidence and hold didn’t falter. [...]
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