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Beijing Olympic Games 2008
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Still, congratulations to the man. Even getting there is ample evidence that he's one of the worlds' best. Being one out of the thousands of people who shoot Olympic Trap competitively all over the world is no mean feat.
Also the PR he generates for Irish shooters in general can't be underestimated. For two days in a row the word gun has been mentioned in a very positive light in the media and no money can buy this.
I was listening to Radio One this morning when the live commentary was on on my way to the airport in my taxi with a young lady going to work. When Des Cahill came on giving the run through we ended up talking about clay shooting and I'll be damned if I didn't talk her in to going to Courtlough ( simply because that's the shooting grounds closest to where she lives ) to find out for herself what it's all about. Of course the fact that the first gold medal at the olympics was won by a young lady firing a gun might have added a bit to the interest. Sorry Sparks I didn't elaborate on the fact that it was actually an airrifle because I know feck all about airrifle competitions.
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From the Games website:India's Bindra wins gold in the Men's 10m Air Rifle
India's Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal. (Photo credit: Xinhua)
(BEIJING, August 11) -- India's Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in the Men's 10m Air Rifle in Beijing on August 11 with an incredible performance in the final. Bindra shot a total score of 700.5.
China's Zhu Qinan, gold medalist at Athens 2004, won the silver medal with a total score of 699.7.
The bronze medal was won by Finland's Henri Hakkinen, who was leading the field after the qualification round, but was unable to hold off Bindra and Zhu in the final. The Finnish shooter shot a total of 699.4.
Hakkinen shot 598 in the qualification round, giving him a one point lead over Zhu. Bindra was one point further back with 596.
Bindra signals his intentions early in the final, with a 10.7 on his first shot. None of Bindra's shots in the final dropped below 10.0.
Hakkinen's performance in the final was solid, but it needed to be better. He averaged 10.14 per shot in the final, compared to Bindra's 10.45.
Going into the last shot, Bindra and Hakkinen were tied for first place, but Bindra secured the gold medal with his best shot of the final, an outstanding 10.8.
Conversely, Hakkinen's last shot was his worst, a lowly 9.7. This allowed Zhu to overcome Hakkinen and win the silver medal. Zhu shot 10.5 on his last shot.
Zhu will be disappointed that did not become the first shooter to win two gold medals in the Men's 10m Air Pistol. However, he was unable to reproduce his best – Zhu holds the Olympic record for the final score in the event, the 702.7 that he shot at Athens 2004.
Not an Anschutz this time round:
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The 50m pistol was won by Jin Jong-oh of the Rep of Korea with a 563 and 97.4 in the final. Second was Kim Jong-su of the DPR of Korea with 563 and 97.2 (really close final obviously). Especially as third was taken by Tan Zongliang of China with 565 and 94.5!
Remember that both of the Koreans (different Korea's obviously) were repectively 2nd and 3rd in the Men's Air Pistol.
In fact three more of the finalists were also on 563, one on 562 and 8th was 559.
That's tight!
Nestruev didn't make the final, finishing with a 552 in 24th. Lukashyk fared slightly better wih a 558 and 11th overall.
No one came within an asses roar of Melentiev's record 581 set at the Moscow Olympics in 1980 incidentally with a Toz 35.0 -
Heartbreak for Francesco D'Aniello of Italy in the Men's double trap. He went into the final with a 141, 4 behind Walton Eller of the USA and although he posted a better score of 46 against Eller's 45, it wasn't enough to secure gold.
After the final shots he collapsed on the ground and really the cameras should have left him to his grief but instead kept a close up on him as he sobbed his heart out.
For anyone who thinks this stuff is easy, that alone should give some idea of the mountain that has to be climbed to get to the Olympics and the personal investment that goes along with competing.
Third place went to Binyuan Hu of China with a 138 and 46. 4th went to Jeffrey Holguin of the USA, Russell Mark of Australia came 5th, Richard Faulds of the GB came 6th and Almaktoum came seventh, not making the final.0 -
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From the Games website:Chinese shooter blows out in the final of the Men's 50m Pistol
(L-R) Kim Jong-su, Jin Jong-oh and Tan Zongliang. (Photo credit: Xinhua)
(BEIJING, August 12) -- China's Tan Zongliang will regret his first and last shot in the final of the Men's 50m Pistol for a long time.
The 7.9 points from his first shot, the worst among all his shots in the final, wrote off the two-point lead that he gained in the qualification round. In the qualification round, Tan shot a total of 565, while the other five shooters were tied on 563.
Tan's mistake gave Jin Jong-oh of the Republic of Korea the opportunity to win the gold medal with a final score of 660.4. The silver medal was won by Kim Jong-su of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, who shot a final score of 660.2, while Tan won a consolation bronze with a final score of 659.5.
Jin still gave Tan a chance to win the gold medal though. Kim only scored 8.2 on his last shot, which meant second-placed Tan could still win gold if he scored more than 10.1 on his last shot. Tan, however, could only shoot 9.2 and instead of winning gold, Tan bid farewell to silver as well because Kim overtook Tan with an outstanding 10.5 on his last shot.
The bronze medal is 37-year-old Tan's first medal from four Olympics.0 -
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From the Games website:Lanky Texan wins gold and breaks Olympic records in the Men's Double Trap
Eller celebrates his victory. (Photo credit: Nick Laham/Getty Images)
(BEIJING, August 12) -- US shooter Walton Eller's first Olympic medal is golden.
"It felt awesome. I've been working at this for God knows how long now. The last two times I finished 17th and 12th, so I'm glad I finally made a final," said the 26-year-old Texan.
All his hard work could be witnessed in the qualification rounds, when he hit 145 targets out of a maximum 150, a new Olympic qualification record. Italian Francesco D Aniello finished the qualification rounds in second place, four points less than Eller. The other four shooters who qualified for the final were US shooter Jeffrey Holguin (140), China's Hu Binyuan (138), Sydney 2000 gold medal winner Richard Faulds of Great Britain (137) and Atlanta 1996 gold medal winner Russell Mark of Australia (136).
The final round saw Eller miss five targets, equal to the amount of targets he missed in the three qualification rounds. After Eller missed the first two targets, his opponents had some hope of victory, but the lanky American recovered and hit a total of 45 targets in the final, a good enough score to set a new Olympic record for the final score. Eller's 190 overtook the 189 targets hit by Ahmed Almaktoum of the United Arab Emirates at Athens 2004.
D Aniello and Hu both hit 46 targets in the final, earning the silver and bronze medals respectively with finals scores of 187 and 184.
Holguin (182), Mark (181) and Faulds (180) finished in the last three places. Mark's path to the final was tumultuous as he needed to win a shoot-off against three other shooters. All four shooters had hit 136 targets in the qualification rounds.
Mark needed to hit six targets in the shoot-off, eventually besting Athens 2004 gold medalist Almaktoum.0 -
Not everyone, it seems, thinks this is real sport. Hooray for Virgin Media :mad:
Since when did the hobby of shooting paper targets, tin cans, water bottles and crows in your garden escalate into a full-blown Olympic event? The guns are equipped with telescopic sights and a vice to keep the rifle steady. Where’s the skill in that?
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An update on Derek from the ICPSA website:
The final results from the Olympic Trap event are now available
Now that the long wait for the commencement of the xxix Olympiad is almost over, all eyes will move east to Beijing and tomorrows opening ceremony.
One person who will not be participating in this ceremony however will be the ICPSA's own Derek Burnett for whom Friday 8th August 2008 will be the final day of preparation for his quest for Olympic success and he will be found at the Beijing Shooting Range CTF for the official practice session along with the rest of those athletes who will be competing in the Olympic Trap event.
Saturday 9th August will see the first shots fired in the Olympic Trap qualifying rounds at approx. 2am Irish time with each competitor completing 75 targets on day one.
Day two will also start at approx. 2am Irish time and when each competitor has completed a further 50 targets and the make up of the final is known, the final round of 25 targets which will decide the destination of this years medals is scheduled for approx. 8am Irish time.
We would like to wish Derek every success in the days ahead and we are sure that the capable hands of High Performance Programme Director Kevin Kilty and Professor Peter Terry will ensure that Derek is well positioned to "give it his best shot".
RTE has promised comprehensive coverage of the event and the programme schedule should be closely watched in the days ahead for further details and we will post any additional information if or when it becomes available.
Day one results:
At the conclusion of day one, Derek Burnett lies in 15th place three targets off the pace. Gusting winds combined with 90% humiditity and 30+ degrees ensured that scores were not as expected and consequently all is still left to shoot for as the Ireland contingent prepare for the second and final days competition.
While Derek is not positioned on the leader board as he or indeed we would have hoped, based on the results of the ISSF World Cup held at the venue earlier in the year a score of 49 ex 50 on day two might be good enough to see him progress to the final.
However even this result is dependant upon the performance of others on the day and his fait is ultimately outside his own hands.
Shooting on day two will commence at approx. 2am Irish time and again we wish Derek, Kevin and Peter the very best of luck.
A report on Derek's progress was broadcast this morning at approx. 8am and further coverage is planned this evening (09/08/08) on RTE after 7pm.
Day two-Final Results: (Full results are available below as a download attachment)
Despite a valiant effort by Derek Burnett, an opening round of 22 saw all chances of his progressing to the finals disappear. His final round score of 19 summed up what has turned out to be a disappointing Olympics both for Derek personally and those involved with the ICPSA High Performance Programme and his finishing position does not accurately reflect the time, energy and dedicated commitment of the last number of years nor indeed the ability and potential of Derek and those supporting him.
It is however a measure of the progress of the sport and the ICPSA High Performance Programme that there is now a real disappointment at not having achieved a result when a good result was expected.
This disappointment also demonstrates the progress made over the past four years from the Association being satisfied merely at qualifying for the Olympics or indeed any major Championships to now seeking not alone to compete with but to realistically expect to finish ahead of competitors from far bigger countries who have substantially more resources in terms of funding and facilities as well as a deeper rooted history in the sport.
The road to London 2012 has already begun and we must look forward to charting the progress of our shooters and the sport internationally and at home in the years ahead.0 -
Not everyone, it seems, thinks this is real sport. Hooray for Virgin Media :mad:
That stupidity rating, is it 10 for really stupid or the other way around? I would have thought that it was closer to 10 if that was the paragon of stupidity.
Held in a vice with telescopic sights!
The chap who wrote that needs glasses, never mind a telescope :rolleyes:
Sorry, having looked at the article it seems the stupidity rating is for the sport and not the writer. You could understand my confusion 0 -
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