THE 15 EVENTSMen (9 events)Pistol class (3 events): Air pistol (10m), Rapid-fire pistol (25m), Pistol (50m)Rifle class (3 events): Air rifle (10m), Rifle prone (50m), Rifle three positions (50m)Shotgun class (3 events): Trap, Double trap, SkeetWomen (6 events)Pistol class (2 events): Air pistol (10m), Pistol (25m)Rifle class (2 events): Air rifle (10m), Rifle three positions (50m)Shotgun class (2 events): Trap, SkeetTHE FORMATFor each event there are qualifying rounds, with 6 or 8 competitors advancing to the final, depending on the weapon. There are 2 different formats for the final.The first format involves 2 phases. After a determined number of shots, there is an elimination phase, in which competitors are eliminated until the awarding of the gold medal.The second format is also in 2 phases. After a semi-final round, the competitors with the best 2 scores advance to the gold medal final, while the competitors with the 3rd and 4th best scores advance to the bronze medal final.MILESTONES1410Founding of the first company of arquebusiers.1710Target shooting gains popularity in the United States.1814Introduction of live pigeon shooting in England.1858American Samuel Colt develops the revolving cylinder system for the pistol. In Switzerland, the first shooting clubs appear and the first rules are drawn up.1880Introduction of clay pigeon shooting in England.1888The Clair brothers of France submit a patent for the first automatic pistol.1896Shooting makes its Olympic debut. It will only be absent from the programme twice: in St. Louis (1904) and Amsterdam (1928).1968Women are allowed to compete in Olympic shooting events for the first time. There are no separate womens events, so they participate in certain mens events.1984The first women-only events are added to the Olympic programme.STARSOscar Swahn (Sweden)The great veteran. In 1912, he became the oldest Olympic gold medallist by winning the team running deer event, aged 64 years and 258 days. The record stands to this day. He also took silver in the event in 1920, aged 72 years and 280 days, which means he is also the oldest Olympic medallist. He and son Alfred won 3 gold medals apiece at the 1908 and 1912 Games, all in running deer.Karoly Takacs (Hungary)A world-class pistol shooter, the Hungarian was involved in a terrible accident in 1938, when a faulty grenade exploded in his right hand (and shooting hand). Undeterred, Takacs switched to shooting with his left hand, and won team world championship gold in 1939. He went on to take Olympic gold in rapid-fire pistol in 1948 and 1952.Zhang Shan (China)A true champion. At the 1992 Games in Barcelona, the Chinese woman won gold in the skeet, which was open to both men and women. She thus became the first woman to win a mixed shooting event at the Olympics. However, Zhang was controversially unable to defend her title, as the skeet was open only to men in 1996 (the womens event was introduced in 2000). Cheap Lakers Jerseys .Y. -- The Buffalo Sabres have recalled forward Kevin Porter and defenceman Chad Ruhwedel from the minors as part of a five-player roster shuffle made by the NHLs worst team. Authentic Custom Lakers Jersey . Now that hes hitting streaking teammates with pin-point passes for easy layups, Love is asserting himself as one of the true superstars in the league. http://www.customlakersjersey.com/ .C. -- Glenn Howard needed an extra end to move into the Masters Grand Slam of Curling final. Custom Derek Fisher Jersey . -- Edmontons Val Sweeting is two wins away from a trip to Winnipeg to play in Canadas Road of the Rings in December. 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Progress has been made this year with regular top ten finishes at recent races, but the team is still a long way off the podium and needs to make a big step under next years regulation changes to start challenging for wins again.Nevertheless, Alonso says his belief the team will return to the front is stronger than it was at the same point last year.The trust was always there but sometimes last year it was just hope, there was just too much hope and you want to see the results at one point, he said. You want to touch the result at one point and now that we start feeling that I think that everyone is more excited, everyone is more motivated and everyone wants to arrive in Australia next year already now. This is a very good feeling.I think we really need this progress, to see it, because last year we have a lot of trust in the project, this year in the beginning we have a lot of trust, no one had any doubts that McLaren-Honda will win sooner or later but to see us now competing with some of the teams that it was unthinkable some months ago, even SSpa finishing in front of one Williams, one Ferrari, it was really needed I think for the team.dddddddddddd Everyone in the factory and everyone in the team now see this progress after the hard work and now its extra motivation for everyone because we all know that we just need that last step.Alonso says the first win will be a huge achievement for the team, but warned there was still a huge amount of hard work needed to achieve it.I think the first win with this project will be quite a big thing for any of us. I dont know if I will have that chance, or if Stoffel [Vandoorne] will have that chance or whatever, but when that day arrives everyone that was involved in this project from day one, from the very beginning, from zero, from being 10 seconds away in winter testing last year, 5.8 seconds in Australia last year, and things like that, when arrive that first win it will be a massive achievement and hopefully we will feel very proud.To make that real we need to work very hard for the next months and we need to accelerate the process, because in Formula One no one waits forever. Things change quickly, new regulations are coming for next year, and maybe new regulations are coming after two years so you really need to speed up everything you do in Formula One because there is no time to relax. ' ' '