Sunday’s Olympic shooting competition will bring about the Olympic beginning for promising pistol shooter Lydia Paterson in the Women’s 10M Air Pistol Competition.
Watch Livestream Olympic Shooting of the Women’s 10M Air Pistol Competition at NBC LIVESTREAM starting at 10:00 am ET. on August 7.
Women’s 10m Air Pistol Qualification – 8:00 – 8:50 a.m. ET
Women’s 10m Air Pistol Finals – 9:30 – 10:00 a.m. ET
After becoming one of the youngest people ever to make a USA Shooting National Team in 2012 at age 16, Paterson will be making her Olympic debut in Rio in Women’s Air Pistol.
This, however, won’t be her first time on the international stage. Paterson has participated in six World Cups since 2013 including the 2014 World Cup in Munich where she placed eighth with an impressive 386, a score she beat during Olympic Trials in June 2016.
“After making many sacrifices and spending countless hours on the range, my sport has transformed from a hobby into a passion,” she said. “I have learned to never say never and to chase my dreams no matter how far away they may seem.”
The current woman to beat is Olena Kostevych representing the Ukraine with a very successful last four years and currently ranked Number One in the world.
Kostevych took bronze in London 2012 where the defending champion, Wenjun Guo of China, took her second consecutive gold medal. Neither has been able to meet the world record of 393/400 points set by Svetlana Smirnova of Russia in May 1998.
The U.S. has never medaled or even made a Final in the event since the event debuted in 1988. The highest U.S. finisher to date has been Beki Snyder (2004) and Kim Dyer (2008) who both finished tied for 16th.
Women’s 10 Meter Air Pistol Competition Format:
In qualification, competitors fire 40 shots within 50 minutes.
The shots are fired in the standing position 10m (33 feet) from a 10-ring target, aiming at a bullseye 11.5mm in diameter, or approximately the size of a dime.
The qualifications are scored in integer points, with the maximum score per shot being 10 points, and the maximum qualification score being 400 points.
The top-eight athletes from the qualification phase advance to the final match, where they can shoot up to 20 final shots.
The eight finalists start the match with 0 points: the qualification score is not carried forward into the final round.
The maximum score for each shot is still 10.9 points, because of an additional set of 10 rings within the 10-point circle that increases the score of 0.1 points as it approaches the center of the target.
The final begins with two series of 3 shots, to be fired within 150 seconds, followed by 14 single shots to be fired on command and within 50 seconds.
After the eighth final shot, the athlete with the lowest aggregate score is eliminated from the final and places eighth.
Any following elimination is determined every two shots until the gold and silver medalists are decided by the 20th and conclusive shot.
If there is a tie for the lowest ranking athlete to be eliminated, the tied athletes will fire additional tie-breaking single shots until the tie is broken.
Good luck to Lydia from everyone at HAM and all our readers!!!
Watch Livestream Olympic Shooting of the Women’s 10M Air Pistol Competition at NBC LIVESTREAM starting at 10:00 am ET. on August 7.
Women’s 10m Air Pistol Qualification – 8:00 – 8:50 a.m. ET
Women’s 10m Air Pistol Finals – 9:30 – 10:00 a.m. ET
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