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11 hrs ago | Cleveland.com

Strongsville's Jordan Harper, won Distinguished Expert medal in...

Harper competes in air and smallbore shooting for the Ashland Eagles junior rifle team, which features members from throughout Ohio.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Niccolo Campriani, Olympics, Summer Olympics

Yesterday | Southland Times

Straight shooter helping others

When it comes to the sport of target shooting there are few with the commitment and passion of Jan Manson.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics

Tue Jun 18, 2013

AmmoLand

Despite Injury, Bayer Still Golden at National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships

Not even dramatic injury can slow the fast-rising T.J. Bayer on his way to one of the great Junior Olympic performances in recent history.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Vincent Hancock, Summer Olympics, Outdoor Recreation

Arab Times

Kuwait's Al-Rashidi wins gold in Men's Skeet

Kuwaiti Abdullah Al-Rashidi won the gold medal and first place in the Skeet Men final contest of the International Shooting Sport Federation Shotgun World Cup, which concluded in Nicosia, Cyprus on Monday.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Juan Jose Aramburu

Reno Gazette-Journal

Playing around at the Reno-Tahoe Senior Summer Games

The Reno-Tahoe Senior Summer Games open Wednesday with competition in more than a dozen sports and activities from archery to weightlifting.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Olympic Tennis, Olympic Badminton, Swimming

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Missourian

Senior Games competitor finds familiar passion in sport shooting

John Wilkerson, 59, and Elmer Hawse, 80, watch contestant Lawrence Cannon, 76, shooting a clay target at the Missouri State Senior Games on Sunday at Prairie Grove Shotgun Sports.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Summer Olympic

The Telegraph

'Honour' for Abhinav

New Delhi: Abhinav Bindra has been chosen by the International Shooting Sports Federation on Monday to represent them in the International Olympic Committee's Athletes' Forum to be held in Singapore later this month.

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Related Topix: Sports, Abhinav Bindra, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics

ABC News

Gippsland students take aim

More than 150 high school students competed at the Gippsland Interschool Clay Target Shoot despite the cold weather and rain this week.

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Related Topix: Sports, Michael Diamond, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Cornish Guardian

Addictive, modern take on archery puts excitement back into the sport

When I was told I'd be meeting a man in a field who was going to teach me a new sport that was somewhere between archery and clay pigeon shooting, I admit I had no idea what to expect.

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Related Topix: Archery, Outdoor Recreation, Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics

Fri Jun 14, 2013

OregonLive.com

Shooters take aim as annual PITA Oregon State Shoot kicks off

SUNNY STRADER/ Fred Coulson of Carson City, Calif., takes aim as the targets are launched.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics

KBTX-TV Bryan

Local Junior Shotgun Athletes Aiming for 2013 National Junior Olympic Titles

Two hundred of America's finest Junior Shotgun Athletes are headed to Colorado Springs this month to take part in the 2013 National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships , June 15-21.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Corey Cogdell, Summer Olympics

Thu Jun 13, 2013

AmmoLand

USA Shooting National Championships for Rifle & Pistol Close With New Champions

It's the last day of competition, the final bullets have been fired at the USA Shooting National Championships for Rifle and Pistol and the once bustling firing lines at the home of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit are now quiet.

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Related Topix: Sports, Jason Turner, Summer Olympic, Jason Parker, Olympics, Sarah Scherer, Summer Olympics, More Sports, Golf, U.S. Women's Open

Dorsetecho.co.uk

Fundraiser in memory of talented Dorchester teenager

Thomas Hardye School pupil Ella Pallister suffered fatal injuries while competing in a show jumping event at Kingston Maurward in January.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics

Wed Jun 12, 2013

The Star Online

Joseline: New format makes shooting more exciting for fans

That's the challenge facing all the shooters now that the International Shooting Sport Federation have changed the format for all Olympic shooting disciplines in international meets, whereby qualification scores will not be carried into the final.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Nur Suryani Mohd Taibi, Summer Olympics, Summer Olympic

Tue Jun 11, 2013

The Bitterroot Star

Halderson namedAll American in shooting

Keiver Halderson of Corvallis has been named to the 2013 All American Junior Second Team in trap shooting, Jean Schurman photo Keiver Halderson, Trapshooting TeenThere is an All American residing in the Bitterroot Valley.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics

AmmoLand

USA Athletes Partner with First Shots Program to Promote Safe, Responsible Target Shooting

Representatives of the USA Shooting Team are joining forces with the National Shooting Sports Foundation to create an athlete ambassador extension to the organization's established First Shots programs that develops safe and responsible new shooters and increases traffic to local target shooting ranges.

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Related Topix: Sports, Amanda Furrer, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics

Mon Jun 10, 2013

Tampa Bay Online

TC grad Vizzi always cool under pressure

Dania Vizzi begins her dance with a split, before stretching her left leg behind her ear, twisting into a backward pretzel, swinging into another split while leaning back to touch her right foot to her head.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Vincent Hancock, Summer Olympics

Retailing Today

Record attendance at Cabela's annual shareholders meeting

Cabela's drew record attendance at its 2013 annual meeting of shareholders June 5 in Sidney, Neb., home of company headquarters.

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Related Topix: Sports, Frank Thompson, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics

AmmoLand

Skeet Shooting World Record Holder, Wayne Mayes, Passes

We at National Skeet Shooting Association are very sad to report that Wayne Mayes passed away this morning due to complications from burns received in an accident three months ago.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Summer Olympic

Sun Jun 09, 2013

The Star Online

Benjamin makes dad proud with double trap record

Sharp eye: Edward Khor giving his son Benjamin some tips during the Tun Hanif Trophy shooting competition at the Subang Shooting Range yesterday.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Nur Suryani Mohd Taibi, Summer Olympics

Olympic Medal Count

    Total
1 United States 46 29 29 104
2 China 38 27 23 88
3 Great Britain 29 17 19 65
4 Russian Federation 24 26 32 82
5 South Korea 13 8 7 28
6 Germany 11 19 14 44
7 France 11 11 12 34
8 Italy 8 9 11 28
9 Hungary 8 4 5 17
10 Australia 7 16 12 35