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History of Shooting Sports
Men's shooting was one of the nine events at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens, in 1896. In the Paris Games in 1900, live pigeons were used as moving targets. Thankfully, people started to realize what a barbaric practice this was and replaced the pigeons with clay targets. In 1907 the International Shooting Sport Federation came into existence. The women's shooting disciplines were only included in the Los Angeles 1984 Games.
The sport first appeared in 1896. There were also events in 1900, but none were contested during the 1904 and 1928 Games. Shooting became an Asian Games event at the Second Asian Games in Manila, Philippines, in 1954.
About Shooting Sports
Shooting is a target sport that covers a number of different types of events for men and women including: Rifle, Pistol, Trap, Skeet and Running Target. They all use different weapons and ammunitions. GLOSSARY
At the Olympics there are 15 events: 7 for women and 8 for men. The shooting events are divided into four different groups:
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