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. [...]
Sarah Scherer (Fort Worth, Texas) is making her mark on the shooting community and doing it in a big way. Fresh off a stellar 2010, Scherer started 2011 with a first and fourth place finish at the two-day Bavarian Airgun Tournament in Germany. In the first day of competition, Scherer entered the final in the [...]
USA Shooting is pleased to announce Kim Rhode (El Monte, Calif.) and Staff Sgt. Joshua Richmond (Hillsgrove, Pa.) as the 2010 Female and Male Athlete of the Year. Rhode had an outstanding year with a World Championship title, a National title, two World Cup gold medals, a World Cup Final silver and an equaled world [...]
In the 4th in their series of interviews with top women shooters, the Women of USPSA interviews Cindy Noyes who placed 7th in the Production division at the 2010 Smith & Wesson USPSA National Handgun Championships.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. While many Americans will be enjoying turkey and stuffing during next week’s Thanksgiving holiday, members of the USA Shooting CAT Team will be aiming for 2012 Olympic quotas. The Confederaciòn Americana de Tiro (CAT) or Championships of the Americas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is an intercontinental championship featuring North, South and [...]
The United States’ top shooters are invited to compete in the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Final. Jamie Beyerle, one of America’s top rifle athletes, boasts a resume that includes three medals and a quota place in Women’s 50m Rifle Three Position and yet another medal in Women’s 10m Air Rifle . . . [...]
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.- If the shooting sports had an equivalent of a hat trick, triple-double, or grand slam, Kim Rhode would have accomplished it. Rhode has won four Olympic medals since 1996-one in each Olympic Games. After winning her first Olympic medal at sixteen, Rhode dominated Women’s Double Trap and more recently, Women’s Skeet. When [...]
