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Shooting At The 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 Metre Air Rifle
Following a recent tradition, the women's 10 metre air rifle competition was the first medal event concluded at the 2000 Summer Olympics. It was held on 16 September, the day after the opening ceremony, with the 40-shot qualification round between 09:00 and 10:15 Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10), and the final round of 10 additional shots at 11:00. Kang Cho-hyun equalled the Olympic record in the qualification round but lost her two-point pre-final lead to Nancy Johnson, who thus won the first Sydney gold medal for the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori .... Records The existing World and Olympic records were as follows. Qualification round −2p 2 points deducted (scoring protest turned down) – EOR Equalled Olympic record – Q Qualifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney International Shooting Centre
The Sydney International Shooting Centre in Cecil Park, New South Wales, Australia was built for the shooting events at the 2000 Summer Olympics. It has also been used for ISSF World Cup The ISSF World Cup was introduced by the International Shooting Sport Federation in 1986 to provide a homogeneous system for qualification to the Olympic shooting competitions. It still is carried out in the Olympic shooting events, with four comp ... events in 2002, 2004, 2007 and the 2007 rifle and pistol events. It has hosted the Oceania Shooting Federation Championships since 1999 and is available for licensed shooters to use the facilities on a day-by-day basis. See alsoSydney International Shooting Centre* 2000 Summer Olympics venues References2000 Summer Olympics official report.Volume 1. p. 380. Venues of the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic shooting venues Shooting ranges in Australia Sports venues in Sydney Shooting sports in Australia {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |