US Vincent Hancock compete in the Shooting Skeet men qualification at the Royal Artillery Barracks in London, on July 31, 2012, on day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games. MARWAN NAAMANI/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: afplivefour611335
To be honest there are only a few Olympic sports I can name from memory but that leads to one of my favorite parts of the games. Whenever I have a few free minutes I like to flip through the networks with Olympic programming and see what sports I know nothing about are on. So far in 2012 some of the most captivating sports I’ve watched are Archery and Shooting.
It seems like every day there was another contest for medals so I felt like the shooting had to be close to done. I was surprised to find out that there are a total of 15 shooting competitions that take place over 10 days in London. So I won’t be running out of shooting any time soon.
The 15 shooting events in 2012 are:
- Men’s 10m Air Rifle
- Men’s 50m Rifle Prone
- Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions
- Men’s 50m Pistol
- Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
- Men’s 10m Air Pistol
- Men’s Trap
- Men’s Double Trap
- Men’s Skeet
- Women’s 10m Air Rifle
- Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions
- Women’s 10m Air Pistol
- Women’s 25m Pistol
- Women’s Trap
- Women’s Skeet
The draw to shooting I think is its simplicity. No matter how elaborate the guns or the eye wear and blinders get the goal is the same. Shoot more targets or hit the middle more often than the other shooter.
I’m sure as the Olympics continue to roll on I will find myself in front of the TV captivated by another shooting event because chances are there is a gold medal on the line.
For more photos of Olympic Shooting check out Newscom, and for a closer look at other 2012 Olympic events and athletes there is also the Newscom Olympic Portal.
Qatar’s Bahya Mansour Al Hamad takes aim during the women’s 10m air rifle qualification competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the Royal Artillery Barracks at Woolwich in southeast London July 28, 2012. EDDIE KEOGH/REUTERS/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: rtrlfive384895
Germany’s Florian Schmidt reacts during the 10m Air Pistol Men’s Qualification of the shooting event in The Royal Artillery Barracks at the London 2012 Olympic Games, London, Great Britain, 28. July 2012. Peter Kneffel/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: dpaphotos736707
China’s Guo Wenjun (R), Ukraine’s Olena Kostevych (2nd R) and France’s Celine Goberville participate in the women’s 10m Air Pistol finals competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the Royal Artillery Barracks at Woolwich in southeast London July 29, 2012. Guo placed first and Goberville and Kosetvvych finished second and third respectively. EDDIE KEOGH/REUTERS/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: rtrlfive389342
Cartbridges are removed by Ennio Falco of Italy as he competes in the men’s skeet shooting qualification of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Royal Artillery Barracks in London, on July 31, 2012. MARWAN NAAMANI/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: afplivefour611007
Olena Kostevych of Ukraine competes during women’s 10m air pistol final at the London 2012 Olympic Games in London, Britain, July 29, 2012. Olena Kostevych of Ukraine won the bronze medal in this event. Yin Gang/Xinhua/Photoshot/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: ptsphotoshot876309
Gold medalist Jin Jongoh C of South Korea Silver medalist Luca l of Italy and Bronze medalist Andrija Zlatic of Serbia Pose for Pictures during The Victory Ceremony of Men s 10m Air Pistol Competition at London 2012 Olympic Games in London Britain on July 28 2012. imago sportfotodienst/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: imagosports646716
China’s Wei Ning (silver), American Kim Rhode (gold) and Slovakia’s Danka Bartekova (bronze) pictured during the Victory Ceremony for the women’s skeet shooting event at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Krasilnikov Stanislav Itar-Tass Photos/Newscom. Find it on Newscom.com: tassphotoslive385626
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