{"id":75012,"date":"2017-06-14T09:47:48","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T13:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=75012"},"modified":"2017-06-14T09:47:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T01:22:29","slug":"olympic-committee-scraps-several-mens-shooting-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/olympic-committee-scraps-several-mens-shooting-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Committee Scraps Several Men\u2019s Shooting Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_75014\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/19030425_10156450075373916_8735352149093460110_n.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"olympic-committee-scraps-several-mens-shooting-events\" title=\"Olympic Committee Scraps Several Men\u2019s Shooting Events\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75014\" title=\"Olympic Committee Scraps Several Men\u2019s Shooting Events\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-75014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/19030425_10156450075373916_8735352149093460110_n-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Olympic Committee Scraps Several Men\u2019s Shooting Events\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/19030425_10156450075373916_8735352149093460110_n-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/19030425_10156450075373916_8735352149093460110_n-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/19030425_10156450075373916_8735352149093460110_n.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-75014\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Competitive shooter Roe Reynolds (<em>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/usashooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"olympic-committee-scraps-several-mens-shooting-events\" title=\"Olympic Committee Scraps Several Men\u2019s Shooting Events\">USA Shooting\/Facebook<\/a><\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The International Olympic Committee has dropped three men\u2019s shooting events from the Tokyo 2020 lineup in an effort to make the games \u201cmore youthful, more urban\u201d and more inclusive of women.<\/p>\n<p>The Committee announced last Friday that men\u2019s double trap, 50m rifle prone, and 50m pistol will be replaced by events in air rifle, trap, and air shooting, which will be open to competitors of any gender.<\/p>\n<p>IOC President Thomas Bach said in a statement, \u201cI am delighted that the Olympic Games in Tokyo will be more youthful, more urban and will include more women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The announcement answered an enduring question as to how Olympic shooting events would contribute to gender equality and introduce a more urban focus. Last year, USA Shooting recommended changes that would have supported a Mixed Sport Pistol event, a Mixed Prone Team event, and changes in Double Trap, but not the cancellation of any events.<\/p>\n<p>David Johnson, Interim CEO of USA Shooting, added that \u201call Olympic sports need to review, change and adapt their event program to fulfill the changing needs of sport participation, television viewership and spectator influence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The subsequent decision to nix the three men\u2019s events has angered former Olympians. Slovenian Olympic medalist Rajmond Debevec who told ESPN that he would have accepted the changes more readily had the IOC approved them democratically.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt should be voted and adopted in the general assembly, but this decision was kept secret,\u201d Debevec said.<\/p>\n<p>Marco Innocenti, a silver medalist in Double Trap at the 2016 Olympics, also opposed the move. &#8220;In Italy we have been protesting this decision ever since we heard last year that double trap was likely to be removed from the Olympics,&#8221; Innocenti told ESPN.<\/p>\n<h2>SEE ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/olympic-shooters-ignored-stigmatized-despite-winning-more-golds-than-wrestlers-divers-gymnasts\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"olympic-committee-scraps-several-mens-shooting-events\" title=\"Olympic Committee Scraps Several Men\u2019s Shooting Events\">Olympic Shooters Ignored, \u2018Stigmatized\u2019 Despite Winning More Golds than Wrestlers, Divers, Gymnasts<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;Unlike in pistol or rifle you can&#8217;t change between shotgun events. It takes many years to develop an expertise in shotgun shooting. Perhaps the younger players could adapt to the change because they are still young. But I have been shooting double trap for more than twenty years. It&#8217;s not something I can do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>These may not be the only changes for competitive shooters in years to come. In February, 2016, the IOC proposed scrapping bullets, and replacing them with lasers. The reasoning was credited to the fact that lasers are more easily visible and television-friendly.<\/p>\n<p>The axing of the three men\u2019s events is part of an effort that will double the number of mixed gender competitions. Of the participants in the Tokyo 2020 games, 48.8% are set to be women. Canoe, rowing, and weightlifting events are also being altered to facilitate gender balance.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts to update the Olympics have also included more urban events, adding 3&#215;3 Basketball to Tokyo 2020, and Breakdance and Roller Sports to the Summer Youth Olympics in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Olympic Committee has dropped three men\u2019s shooting events from the Tokyo 2020 lineup in an effort to make the games \u201cmore youthful, more urban\u201d and more inclusive of 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