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Shooting Sport at the Olympics: Paine brothers share the spoils – and the whiskey – at Athens 1896, the first Modern Games

27.06.2024 by ISSF

Shooting sport was one of the nine events at the first modern Olympics at Athens in 1896, and has featured in every subsequent summer Games save for the 1904 and 1928 editions. Women began competing at the 1968 Mexico Games. Men’s and women’s events were separated from 1984 onwards in rifle and pistol, for double trap from 1996 and for trap and skeet from 2000. The sport will make its 28th Olympic appearance at this summer’s Paris 2024 Games. A month away from the start of competition on July 27 the ISSF website starts its look at past highlights…

Paths to Paris: Azmy Mehelba reflects on an imminent fourth Olympic skeet appearance and unique brotherly achievements with Abdel Aziz

27.06.2024 by ISSF

Egypt’s Azmy Mehelba, 33, is heading for his fourth Olympics in Paris after competing at London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. Since the latter Games he has won world gold and silver in skeet men and World Cup Final silver where he lost a classic shoot-off 26-25. He and his elder brother Abdel Aziz, 35, who competes in trap, won respective silver and gold at the 2023 World Cup Final in Doha.

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