Some facts related to shooting games at the Olympics:
• The British won 43 medals in the game from 1896 to 2004.
• Mixed competition was eliminated from the Games after 1992 (Barcelona). Zhang Shan from China was the only woman to win a mixed competition, and that too, at the 1992 Games.
• One of the most successful shooters in Olympic history, Hungarian Karoly Takacs, suffered a career-threatening right arm injury due to a grenade. He learned to shoot with his left hand alone and won gold at the 1948 and 1952 Games.
• Nearly 2,700,000 clay pots will be used in this year’s Shotgun event.
The shooting appeared at all Olympic events except the 1904 (St. Louis) and 1928 (Amsterdam) Games. Filming was opened to women at the 1984 Games (Los Angeles).
This year at the London Summer Olympics, the shooting event will take place from July 28 to August 6 at the Royal Artillery Barracks. The history of the barracks dates back to 1716, when a Royal Warrant was responsible for building two artillery companies. Surrounded by the beautiful architecture of the 18th century, both competitors and spectators will be positively satisfied with the serene beauty of the area.
A total of 390 competing athletes will be competing this season. Each nation can send only 28 shooters. The Indian contingent will consist of 11 players. Players like Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang are part of the Indian shooting team. Others include Joydeep Karmakar, Vijay Kumar, Sanjeev Rajput, Manavjit Singh Sandhu, Ronjan Sodhi, Shagun Chowdhury, Rani Sharnobat, Heena Sidhu, and Annuraj Singh. The filming is one of the events in which the country is positively happy and expects good results.
There are basically two types of events that shooters encounter: rifle and pistol and shotgun events. Shooters aim at stationery targets during rifle and pistol competition and aim at dynamic clay targets during shotgun round.
For the rifle and pistol disciplines, the targets are at a distance of 10 meters, 25 meters or 50 meters from the shooter. The objective is a board of 10 rings to which they must aim. Shooters must stand on their knees or shoot from a lying position (face down) depending on the type of event. Shooters must be positively happy with their abilities to overcome all these obstacles.
During shotgun events, shooters aim at clay targets that are thrown over or in front of the shooters. Sometimes shooters even need to target two clay targets at once (double trap).
There is a rank officer to ensure all events are safe and clean. To ensure that everything is carried out according to Olympic standards, an International Jury is also present. The players must have good skills and also nerves of steel. Your eyesight must be excellent and you must be able to judge and respond instantly.