From USA Shooting . . .
USA Shooting has a strong roster for the Paris 2024 Games. With a team that includes many returning Tokyo Olympians and medalists, athletes are expected to bring back an impressive medal haul. USA Shooting currently has 121 Olympic/Paralympic medals and hopes to add more to their collection in Paris.
The U.S. is a strong contender to clench the gold medal in Mixed Skeet Team, an event making its Olympic debut. Three- time Olympic gold medalist Vincent Hancock and Tokyo Olympian Austen Smith are among one of the two U.S. teams ready to compete in the event. Smith and Hancock earned gold in the event at the 2023 ISSF World Championships.
Hancock has not only been training for his fifth Olympics but has also been coaching at the range he co-owns in north Texas. Hancock is Smith and Conner Prince’s coach. Both Smith and Prince qualified for Paris in skeet events. Paris will be Prince’s Olympic debut.
The rifle team is also seeing a handful of returning Olympians to include Tokyo Olympic silver medalist Mary Tucker. Tucker qualified in both air rifle and smallbore rifle for Paris and is looking to be back on the podium but this time to take home that coveted gold medal. Sagen Maddalena and Ivan Roe are also looking to make a podium appearance. The duo will be competing in the Mixed Team Air Rifle event. The pair make a strong team as they train and serve together at the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit.
The pistol team is ready for the Olympic stage and has a strong bond as three of the athletes, Katelyn Abeln, Ada Korkhin, and Henry Leverett, competed together on the Ohio State University Pistol team. Leverett is a returning Tokyo Olympian and will be competing for some hardware in Men’s Rapid Fire Pistol.
The U.S. Olympic shooting team headed to Paris has strong ties to the military with four athletes currently serving in the Army and two athletes who formerly served.
The Paralympic team is going into Paris with a strong set of athletes. All of the athletes have made appearances in at least one Paralympic Games. Mckenna Geer, a Rio 2016 bronze medalist, will be competing in her third Games. Geer, an Arlington, Washington, native, recently got back into competitive shooting after the birth of her first child. YanXiao Gong is a strong contender for a medal, as he is the 2023 World Champion in P3. The Paralympic team consists of two U.S. Army soldiers, Sergeant 1st Class John Wayne Joss and Staff Sergeant Kevin Nguyen. Marco De La Rosa, a Marine Corps veteran, also has military ties.
The Olympic Games take place July 26- Aug. 11 with shooting events kicking off on July 27. Mixed Team Air Rifle will be the very first medal awarded out of all the sports at the Paris Olympic Games. All finals events will be live streamed on Peacock, NBC’s streaming platform. See the full Olympic shooting schedule here.
See below for finals days during the Olympic Games. Times are in Eastern Standard Time.
Saturday, July 27
4:30am – 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Bronze Medal Match
5:00am – 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Gold Medal Match
Sunday, July 28
6:00am – Women’s 10m Air Pistol Finals
Monday, July 29
3:30am – Women’s 10m Air Rifle Finals
6:00am – Men’s 10m Air Rifle Finals
Tuesday, July 30
9:30am – Men’s Trap Finals
Wednesday, July 31
9:30am – Women’s Trap Finals
Thursday, Aug. 1
3:30am – Men’s 50m Smallbore Rifle Finals
Friday, Aug. 2
3:30am – Women’s 50m Smallbore Rifle Finals
Saturday, Aug. 3
3:30am – Women’s Sport Pistol Finals
9:30am – Men’s Skeet Finals
Sunday, Aug. 4
9:30am – Women’s Skeet Finals
Monday, Aug. 5
3:30am – Men’s Rapid Fire Pistol Finals
9:00am – Mixed Skeet Team Gold Medal Match
The Paralympic Games take place Aug. 28- Sept. 8 with shooting events starting on Aug. 30. View the current Paralympic roster here*. The full Paralympic Games schedule can be found here.
Here are the finals days at the Paralympic Games. Again, times are Eastern Standard Time.
Friday, Aug. 30
8:00am – P1 Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 Final
10:15am – R4 Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 Final
Sunday, Sept. 1
7:00am – R3 Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 Final
9:00am – R5 Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2 Final
Monday, Sept. 2
10:45am – P3 Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 Final
Wednesday, Sept. 4
6:15am – P4 Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 Final
Thursday, Sept. 5
5:45am – R6 Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1 Final
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I wish them the best, but the Olympics has become pure woke trash, just like the NFL, NBA, etc. B-o-y-c-o-t-t this trash.
I won’t be watching, but I will cheer for the American shooters.
I attended West Virginia University, which has a history of turning out Olympic shooting champions. You’ve heard of Mary Lou Retton in gymnastics — but WVU rifle instructor Ed Etzel brought home the gold in 50m prone rifle at the same event, Los Angeles 1984. In 2016, WVU student Ginny Thrasher won the first gold medal of the Rio Olympics.