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Friday, July 26, 2024

The NRA Foundation’s support of over $750,000 will help USA Shooting athletes represent the United States at the highest levels of competition in international shooting events.The NRA Foundation's mission to preserve core American values and traditions and to "Teach Freedom" aligns directly with USA Shooting's goal of empowering American athletes for Olympic and Paralympic success and expanding the shooting sports community.

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Friday, August 26, 2016
TruckVault Pro and USA Shooting Team Member Kim Rhode became the second Olympian to medal at six consecutive Olympic games with a bronze medal in Women's Skeet at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio De Janeiro. Rhode's bronze-medal match ended in a shoot-off between Rhode and China's Wei Meng.
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Friday, August 12, 2016
Zach Garrett (Wellington, Missouri) has already picked up a team silver medal at his Olympic Games debut and now he's through to finals day individually. Competition continues for Garrett and USA's Brady Ellison (Globe, Arizona) as they go head to head in the 1/8th round Friday morning.
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012
This morning's edition of USA Today carries a full-page ad from the National Shooting Sports Foundation congratulating all our U.S. Olympic Team shooters, particularly those four earning medals. It also gives readers the opportunity to download the NSSF's "Where2Shoot" app for the iPhone, enabling them to search for shooting facilities nationwide, see tips and videos and keep up with shooting news.
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Monday, August 6, 2012
On the penultimate day of Shooting competition at the Royal Artillery Barracks, Nick Mowrer (Butte, Mont.) came up just short in his first Olympic competition while four-time Olympian Daryl Szarenski (WCAP/Seale, Ala.) walked off the range disappointed after a 28th place finish and will literally sail away and put an end to his competitive shooting career.
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
One was labeled a prodigy after winning the world championship at the age of 16. The other was already a two-time Olympian and had won every match except for the big one. Sgts. Vincent Hancock and Glenn Eller showed up at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 as the favorites to win and neither disappointed. It's been a bumpy ride for both, but they're excited to be defending their gold medals next week in London.
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Monday, July 23, 2012
The U.S. Olympic Team for Archery has enjoyed a productive first five days in London, which began with an all-American flag sendoff at Chicago O'Hare, and continued with four productive days of training at SCORE, a U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) training facility.
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