Five Olympic Shooting Spots to be Determined Over Next Week in Ft. Benning, Georgia

While a few athletes having clinched spots during the last year of international competition, most the USA Shooting team is still yet to be selected. Starting Saturday in Ft. Benning, Georgia five more spots on the USA Shooting Oympic team will be determined. Competitions to determine the Olympian in the women’s three-position rifle, the men’s prone rifle, and the men’s free pistol will run from Saturday through Monday while competitions in the women’s sport pistol and the men’s rapid fire pistol run Wednesday through Friday. Each competition consists of three days of qualifying followed by daily finals competition with cumulative scores being used to decide the representative. Qualifying is at 9 AM ET daily with finals beginning at 1 PM ET.

The women’s three-position rifle competition is the most crowded with 16 competitors taking part. The men’s prone rifle follows closely with 15 competitors while the men’s free pistol competition has just nine.

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