Day two of competition in Ft. Benning set things up for an exciting final day of competition on Friday. In one event there is a heavy favorite to hold their lead and claim an Olympic spot, in another event the margin is much slimmer, and in the third event where an Olympic spot is a possibility but not a certainty the race is dead even.

In the men’s rapid fire pistol event 2012 Olympian Emil Milev dominated the day with the top qualifying score and a win in the final to expand his lead on Alexander Chichkov from six points to 17. It would certainly be a shock if he didn’t finish off the win and clinch the Olympic spot tomorrow. Sitting 22 points behind the leader in third is Brad Balsley.

In the women’s sport pistol event Enkelejda Shehaj and Brenda Silva both shot matching 574’s in qualifying. They both finished outside the top two in the final but with Shehaj one spot ahead of Silva and thus expanding her lead to six points going into the final day. Sandra Uptagrafft was able to post the top qualifying score of 579 and came in second in the final as she cut made a big move from 13 back of Shehaj to just seven back. She is certainly not out of the race.

Finally in the contest for the 50m three position rifle event, where the US may or may not have a spot for the winner. Dempster Christenson, was your first day leader by eight but George Norton made up all of that ground and even led briefly before Christenson won the final. The two sit tied at 2351 heading into the final day. It’s a huge gap of 23 points back to a third place tie between Daniel Love and Daniel Hermsmeier.

Shooting wraps up and two more Olympians will be decided on Friday with qualifying rounds at 9 AM ET and finals at 3 PM ET.