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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) elected yesterday Nanjing, People’s Republic of China, as the host city of the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2014 during the 122nd IOC Session in Vancouver, Canada.

Nanjing (CHN) won the bid with  47 votes, edging out Poznan, Poland, which received 42 votes.

“We had two outstanding candidatures from two fantastic cities. Both expressed the spirit of the Youth Olympic Games and both were capable of staging the event,” said IOC President Jacques Rogge. “We are looking forward to working with Nanjing, and are confident the Youth Olympic Games in 2014 will be a success.”

The second edition of the Youth Olympic Games (the first will be held next August in Singapore) will feature competition in 26 different sports, and some 3600 athletes between 14 and 18 years of age from all 205 National Olympic Committees are expected to participate.

Shooting competitions could take place at the Fangshan Sports Training Base of Jiangsu, as mentioned by Nanjing’s Bid committee on their official webpage.

“The preparation period for the second summer edition of the Youth Olympic Games will take four-and-a-half years, which will allow Nanjing to match both the expectations of the IOC and the athletes in producing a programme of sport, culture and education that is of the very highest standard,” Rogge added.

Following the path inaugurated by the IOC with the first Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, this year, the 2014 YOG will feature a fully fledged education programme aiming to raise participants’ awareness of the Olympic values and topics like healthy lifestyles and the fight against doping.

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The 2012 London Olympics Pictograms have been unveiled.

The Organizing Committee of the 2012 Olympic Games in London has unveiled the official Pictograms of London 2012.

The 2012 Olympic Games will be officially opened the 27^th of July 2012. Shooting competitions in the fifteen Olympic events of Rifle, Pistol, and Shotgun, are scheduled to take place from the 28^th of July through the 5^th of August.

The competition will take place at the Royal Artillery Barracks, on the edge of Woolwich Common in south-east London and close to World Heritage Site of Greenwich Park, an historical venue dating back to 1776 that will be renewed to host up to 7500 spectators during the Games.

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Matthew EMMONS won his second World Cup Final in the 50m Rifle Three Position Men event by leading the match since the first shot. Wearing Gold he announced “I am going to become father!”. The Olympic medallists of Beijing struggled today, ending out of the podium.

Matthew EMMONS of the USA won the ISSF World Cup Final in the 50m Rifle Three Position Men event for the second consecutive year. The American champion entered the final round in first place with 1171 points and secured Gold after a battled final with a total score of 1269.0 points.

“There must be something with this shooting range!” said EMMONS right after the match. The shooter had already won two ISSF World Cup Finals on the lines of the shooting range of Bangkok, in 2004 and 2007 “This match closed a long season – continued EMMONS – now I am going to take a few time off from shooting. Katerina, my wife, is pregnant! I am going to become father!” announced Matthew smiling.

Silver went to the 2008 Olympic Champion of the 50m Rifle Prone Men event, the 35-year old Ukrainian shooter Artur AIVAZIAN, who finished in second with a total score of 1265.7 points. The Ukrainian shooter won the duel for Silver against the 2004 Olympic Champion JIA Zhanbo of China, who shot himself in third place by firing a frustrating last shot of 6.8 points.

The 50m Rifle Three Positions Men final did not turn in favour of the Olympic protagonists of Beijing 2008. The Olympic champion QUI Jian of China struggled during the qualification and could not qualify for the final round, closing the competition in 10th place with 1154 points. The Olympic Silver medallist, the 40-year old Jury SUKHORUKOV of Ukraine closed the match in eighth place, while Beijing’s Bronze Rajmond DEBEVEC of Slovenia finished in fourth place, only a few tenths far from the Bronze position.

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(BEIJING, September 11) — The 24-year-old Matt Skelhon won his first Paralympic medal at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games when he claimed a title in the Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone-SH1 at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall on Thursday, September 11.

There was a major upset in the qualification round, and event favorite Jonas Jakobsson didn’t make the final by a tiny margin of one point.

Without the defending champion of this event, the gold medal was up for grabs as the eight finalists were within just one point difference after the qualification round. Skelhon and local female shooter Zhang Cuiping both finished the qualification equaling the world and Paralympic record of 600 points.

Skelhon, who is famous for his sparkly hair style, started the final strongly, snatching a 10.5 with his opening shot. He was flawless this afternoon, never dipping under 10.2 throughout the session. His total score was 704.9 points.

Zhang came second with a total score of 704.4 points. She sank to fourth after her seventh attempt, but fought back well in the next three rounds, including a perfect 10.9 on the eighth shot. The silver is her second medal at Beijing 2008 – she grabbed Bronze in the Women’s 50m Sport Rifle 3×20-SH1 on Tuesday, September 9.

The bronze medal was decided by a three-way shoot-off among Sim Jae-yong, Christos Trifonidis and Radoslav Malenovsky as the three finished the 10 shots session the same score of 703.8 points. Sim scored the highest (10.7) and collected bronze. He showed his toughness in a shoot-off — he also won silver in this event by winning a shoot-off with Kazimierz Mechula of Denmark at the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games.

Lee Ji-seok of Republic of Korea earned his second gold at Beijing 2008 when he won the Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing-SH2.

Entering first to the final after he equaled a world and Paralympic record (600) in the qualification, the Korean looked unbeatable, never dipping below 10.1 in the 10 shots session. He finished strongly, getting a good score of a 10.6 in his last and 10th shot. His total tally was 704.3 points which also equaled the Paralympic final record.

Frenchman Raphael Voltz came second with a total score of 703.5 points. He hit a bull’s eye snatching a perfect 10.9 in his fifth attempt. Voltz was the most consistent shooter, scoring the highest total score of the session, 105.5 points.

Ji-seok and Voltz won gold and silver respectively in the Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone-SH2 on Tuesday, 9 September.

The bronze medalist was again decided by another shoot-off between the defending champion Michael Johnson of New Zealand and You Ho-gyoung of the Republic of Korea. You shot first and scored a 10.2. Johnson then nailed a better point than You, a 10.6 and secured his first medal at Beijing 2008.

Olympic Matt Skelhon

(BEIJING, September 10) — Russian pistol shooter Andrey Lebedinskiy went home with a gold medal from the Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games. After 12 years, he finally recaptured his title by winning the Mixed 25m Sport Pistol SH1 event at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall on Wednesday. En route to the gold, he also marked a world and Paralympic record of 774.7 points.

Lebedinskiy took the bronze in this event at the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games and the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games.

Seeded first going into the final with a score of 574 points, the Russian had a fierce seesaw battle for the gold with local favorite Li Jianfei in the four series session.

“I’ve been waiting for this medal for twelve years. When you walk from the podium when you’ve just won gold, you make history. It happened in Atlanta, but unfortunately not in Sydney or Athens. I’m exceedingly happy that I won the Gold medal,” said Lebedinskiy.

Li, who was qualified third going into the final, made a good start, scoring a massive 51.6 points in the first series and stood at the top of the ladder.

The Russian surpassed Li in the next series scoring 52.6 points, the highest series score of the session. Li then responded quickly in the third series scoring 51.4 points to again overtake Lebedinskiy.

Lebedinskiy was placed second to Li by a narrow margin of 0.9 points after the third series, but he wrapped up the session with a great last series scoring 50.6 points.

Li couldn’t answer the Russian’s great shots and only managed to gain 49.3 points. He finished second with a total score of 774.3 points.

The winner of the Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 here in Beijing, Valeriy Ponomarenko, took third at 768.9.

Sweden’s marksman Jonas Jakobsson collected his second gold at Beijing 2008 when he won in the Men’s 50m Free Rifle 3×40 SH1.

He broke his own world and Paralympic record in the qualification and entered the final in first place with a score of 1163 points.

Jakobsson started strongly in the final, scoring over 10.4 in each of his first two shots. He then lost his form in the next four attempts, failing to score over a 10.0. However, he showed his pedigree in the tenth and last shot, nailing a 10.7 and finished the session with a total score of 1264.3 points to set a world and Paralympic record.

This win is his third consecutive gold in the event since he first took the title at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games.

Doron Shaziri of Israel finished second with a total score of 1259.9 points. The Israeli shot superbly in the final, scoring a perfect 10.9 in his fourth attempt. His total score of the session was the highest (101.9) and he grabbed the third Paralympic silver medal of his career.

Dong Chao of China bagged the bronze at 1253.5. The 22-year-old struggled in the final, scoring a total of 96.5 points, which was the third lowest in the final session; however, he had enough of a lead over the lower ranked shooters and managed to fend them off.

Olympic Andrey Lebedinskiy