About
About
Aim of the game
Competitors with different levels of disability have to hit targets in order to score more points than their opponents
Why should you watch this?
A remarkable display of concentration and precision, men and women compete head-to-head under the same conditions, testing their nerve as well as their aim
Venues
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Firing point
Position from which competitors shoot
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Shoot-off
A tie-break situation that occurs when two or more competitors’ scores are level
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Sighting shots
Warm-up shots that are fired prior to match shots to check that the gun’s sights are correctly adjusted
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Events
The athlete’s position is either standing, sitting or ‘prone’ (lying on their front) and 10m, 25m or 50m from the target, depending on the event. Class SH2 competitors are allowed to use supports for their weapons.
In each event, competitors take a specific number of shots at the target in a set period: 40 shots in women’s 10m air pistol and 10m air rifle standing, 120 in men’s 50m rifle three positions and 60 in the remaining events. The objective is to hit the bullseye of the electronic target, worth 10 points, with the concentric rings outside the centre scoring from nine to one.
Each event has a qualification round, from which the eight best shooters proceed to the final. In the final, each of the 10 target rings is divided into 10 sections, allowing athletes to achieve scores from 1.0 to 10.9.
25m pistol
In the 25m pistol final, only ‘hits’ or ‘misses’ are counted, with the 10.2 zone being the target.
Stats
Top Medalists
| Men | |||||
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swe
Jonas Jacobsson
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16 | 1 | 8 | 25 | |
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ger
Franz Falke
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2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
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ned
Eef Tammel
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3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Women | |||||
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aus
Elizabeth Kosmala
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8 | 3 | 0 | 11 | |
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kor
Im Yeon Kim
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5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
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gbr
Deanna Coates
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3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
