Rifle Stars at T He Games
LONDON ROAD TO RIFLE STARS AT T HE GAMES HE 2012 SHOOTING SEASON the best marksmen of the world, who have beginning at the Olympics. Shooters from 121 IS STARTING, AND IT’S TIME been trying to qualify for the event through- different countries, from all continents, par- T TO LOOK FORWARD TO LON- out the last three years. Beginning with the ticipated in Rifle events at the Games: 1533 DON, WHERE THE XXX OLYMPIC GAMES 2010 ISSF World Championship in all events men and 260 women, who made outstanding WILL BE HELD THIS YEAR, FROM JULY in Munich, the first qualifying competition for efforts to finish at the top of the most pres- 27 - AUGUST 6. London among all sports, and all through the tigious podium of the world. Extraordinary ISSF World Cup Series and the Continental men and women, such as Alezander Viggo These Olympics are considered to be a mile- championships, the best emerged, earning Jensen Rowing of Denmark, who competed stone in the history of the Shooting Sport the precious quota places – the entry tickets in four different sports – Rifle, Weightlifting, at the Games: the venue will be set at the for London – for their countries. Gymnastic and Athletics – at the very first heart of the event, at the Royal Artillery Bar- These athletes are in the spotlight today. modern Olympics in Athens in 1896, winning racks (RAB), just a few minutes away from But the 2012 London Olympic Games are a Bronze medal in shooting. Or like the USA’s the Olympic Village, a decision strongly sup- not an isolated event.
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