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Event Description: Rifle
Specially designed for the Games and unveiled at the 2000 edition, this competition features competitors shooting simultaneously, side by side. Each competitor will have a bank of 10 targets and a plate of dueling targets in front of them. Competitors will earn points for hitting each of their 10 banked targets and each of their own plate targets. Once they completely knock down all 10 targets in his/her bank of targets the fun really starts. That's because they can then turn their sites on his/her dueling plate targets or his/her opponent's dueling plate targets. Competitors may hit their opponent's plate targets, moving the targets back to the "live" position and thus deducting the point value of that target from their opponent's score.
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What's good about the Target Sports is that it's not about brute strength, it's about style, finesse and technique and women can be very good at it. ” |
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— Target Sports analyst Shari LeGate |
When the nerves build under the spotlight of the event, the breathing gets shaky and so does the accuracy. Even if you're accurate on your targets your opponent still has the opportunity to render your good performance a waste. A steady hand and even steadier nerves will determine the champion this year as it did last.
Bob Mastroianni from Monson, Massachusetts has been wearing the crown for a year now. Will his reign as king of the dueling tree come to an end in Lake Placid this July?
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Bob Mastroianni mows down the competition on his way to gold.