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Last week, with one full year of pandemic-induced delay over the original plans, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games finally started. Shooting competitions already offered us finals in the Air Rifle and Air Pistol categories and in Skeet. Here we’ll have a brief look at the results so far.
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- Shooting Sports will be part of Paris 2024 Olympic Games
- Kim Rhode Has Won A Medal For Six Consecutive Olympics
First Shooting Sports Results from Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
Air Rifle
Women Air Rifle Competition – Image Credit: Petr Toman via Shutterstock.
- GOLD – YANG Qian CHN – China
- SILVER – GALASHINA Anastasiia ROC – ROC
- BRONZE – CHRISTEN Nina SUI – Switzerland
- GOLD – SHANER William USA – United States
- SILVER – SHENG Lihao CHN – China
- BRONZE – YANG Haoran CHN – China
- GOLD – People’s Republic of China 1 – YANG Qian (F) & YANG Haoran (M)
- SILVER – United States of America 1 – TUCKER Mary Carolynn (F) & KOZENIESKY Lucas (M)
- BRONZE – ROC 2 – KARIMOVA Yulia (F) & KAMENSKIY Sergey (M)
Complete results are available here.
Air Pistol
Air Pistol competitor. – Image Credit: A. Ricardo via Shutterstock.
- GOLD – BATSARASHKINA Vitalina ROC – ROC
- SILVER – KOSTADINOVA Antoaneta BUL – Bulgaria
- BRONZE – JIANG Ranxin CHN – China
- GOLD – FOROUGHI Javad IRI – Islamic Rep. of Iran
- SILVER – MIKEC Damir SRB – Serbia
- BRONZE – PANG Wei CHN – China
- GOLD – People’s Republic of China 1 – JIANG Ranxin (F) & PANG Wei (M)
- SILVER – ROC 1 – BATSARASHKINA Vitalina (F) & CHERNOUSOV Artem (M)
- BRONZE – Ukraine – KOSTEVYCH Olena (F) & OMELCHUK Oleh (M)
Complete results are available here.
Skeet
Vincent Hancock at the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil. His shotgun appears to be a Beretta DT11 Black Pro with TSK adjustable stock. – Image Credit: Petr Toman via Shutterstock.
- GOLD – ENGLISH Amber USA – United States
- SILVER – BACOSI Diana ITA – Italy
- BRONZE – WEI Meng CHN – China
- GOLD – HANCOCK Vincent USA – United States
- SILVER – HANSEN Jesper DEN – Denmark
- BRONZE – ALRASHIDI Abdullah KUW – Kuwait
What’s next?
More shooting competitions (with firearms!) are scheduled in the coming days. Are you TFB readers following the Olympics? Would you like TFB to update you on the results? As usual, let us know in the comments.
