Ban defeated the 17-year-old Chinese shooter Huang Yuting in the shoot-off, after they had equaled the Olympic record with 251.8 points after 24 shots. Ban picked up shooting because one of her ...

(Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP) Olympic target shooting historically doesn’t get much attention at most Summer Games — until pistol marksman Yusuf Dikeç and his “insane aura” came along.

Shooting made its Olympic debut in Paris 124 years ago. The sport debuted at the 1900 Paris Games, where live pigeons were the targets. It marks the only time the killing of animals was part of ...

When did shooting become an Olympic sport? Shooting was one of the ... are held outdoors with athletes shooting at moving clay targets. In skeet, the athletes shoot from eight different positions ...

as he usually does before every Olympics. Such a session involves Hancock shooting the clay target, while random objects, like tennis balls, are thrown at him and loud music is played to distract him.

Three Olympic shooting finals is as far as India have ... today and been humbled and awed and seen in her achievement the target to match -- and even surpass -- at these Games.

Olympic target shooting historically doesn't get much attention at most Summer Games -- until pistol marksman Yusuf Dikeç and his "insane aura" came along. The Turkish athlete went viral after ...