{"id":16801,"date":"2012-09-04T13:23:10","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T18:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=16801"},"modified":"2012-09-04T13:23:10","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T18:23:10","slug":"olson-leaves-london-on-a-high-note-with-a-12th-place-finish-in-mixed-50m-rifle-prone-sh1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/olson-leaves-london-on-a-high-note-with-a-12th-place-finish-in-mixed-50m-rifle-prone-sh1\/16801\/","title":{"rendered":"Olson Leaves London on a High Note with a 12th Place Finish in Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SFC Josh Olson takes aim during the Mixed 50m Rifle Prone match from the Royal Artillery Barracks. Photo Andrew Fielding\/U.S. Presswire<\/p><\/div>\n

The Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1 event at the Paralympic Games was laden with favorites: Jonas Jakobsson, Zhang Cuiping, Dong Chao and the USA\u2019s Sergeant First Class Josh Olson<\/strong>(Spokane, Wash.), yet none of these greats made the podium in 2012.\u00a0 Olson finished in 12th after two difficult rounds with 579 points.<\/p>\n

In a range known for its difficult conditions, the Royal Artillery Barracks proved to be the equalizer as some of the top shooters struggled with wind, light and Paralympic pressure.\u00a0 Olson, who was situated on the left-hand side of the range, dropped only four points after the third string and was in a good position for the final.\u00a0 He struggled from shots 30 to 40, losing five points as a distinct shadow split the target in the morning light.\u00a0 Olson rebounded in the fifth string with 100 points and then ended with 96 points.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a tricky day\u2014the winds were switching constantly and flags were blowing is every direction,\u201d said National Paralympic Coach Bob Foth<\/strong>.\u00a0 \u201cAfter 50 shots, he was projected to be in the final, but I think the combination of timing [running short of time at the end] and the rhythm of shooting didn\u2019t work to his advantage.\u00a0 His strategy was well thought-out for today, he felt confident and knew what to expect and he did a good job preparing and dealing with the tough conditions in London.\u00a0 It was ultimately a dramatic match.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a surprise performance, Abdulla Sultan Al Aryani won the first medal of the Paralympic Games for the \u00a0United Arab Emirates with a gold in Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1.\u00a0 Al Aryani, a member of UAE\u2019s 2004 Olympic team, finished 14th in the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing after recovering from a car accident that left him paralyzed below the waist. \u00a0He shot 694.8 total points (592+102.8) for the gold medal.\u00a0 The silver medalist was Reinaldo Saavedra of Spain with 590 match points and 104.6 in the final to overtake the 2008 gold medalist Jonas Jakobsson of Sweden who finished fourth.\u00a0 Finally, the bronze medalist was Great Britian\u2019s Matthew Skelhon with 693.2 total points for his second Paralympic medal in London.<\/p>\n

Catch all the action and results at the official London 2012 website: http:\/\/www.london2012.com\/paralympics\/shooting\/schedule-and-results\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Photos Andrew Fielding\/U.S. Presswire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1 event at the Paralympic Games was laden with favorites: Jonas Jakobsson, Zhang Cuiping, Dong Chao and the USA\u2019s Sergeant First Class Josh Olson(Spokane, Wash.), yet none of these greats made the podium in 2012.\u00a0 Olson finished in 12th after two difficult rounds with 579 points. In a range known […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":16802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2597,165],"tags":[2613,2601,3608],"class_list":["post-16801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shootingsports","category-usa-shooting","tag-josh-olson","tag-paralympic-games","tag-usa-shooting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}