USA Shooting Captures Gold
Congratulations Glen Eller of Team USA for winning the Gold Medal in Men’s Double Trap. Corey Cogdell also captured Bronze Medal in Women’s Trap. For complete results vist the Bejing Games official results page: http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/Schedule/SH_2008-08-12.shtml
From USA Shooting’s Website:
Corey Cogdell Captures Olympic Bronze in Women’s Trap
BEIJING, China (August 11, 2008)
Twenty-one year old Corey Cogdell, (Eagle River, Alaska) took home the first medal for the U.S. Shooting team at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing today, claiming the bronze after an exciting shoot-off in the Women’s Trap competition.
Cogdell, who has only been shooting International Trap competitively for a little over two years, entered the final round with a qualification score of 69 out of 75 targets. In the 25 target final, Cogdell shot a score of 17 and ended the final round in a four-way tie at 86 targets with Japan’s Yukie Nakayama, Diana Gudzineviciute from Lithuania and Elena Struchaeva of Kazakhstan. Cogdell drew the fourth spot for the shoot-off and after the first three shooters missed their targets, Cogdell hit a small piece off her target to take third place and claim the bronzeMore…
Glenn Eller Claims Gold Medal in Double Trap
BEIJING, China (August 12, 2008)
Glenn Eller (Katy, Texas) captured the gold medal and set two Olympic records in the Men’s Double Trap competition today at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Eller, a member of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU), who finished 12th at the Sydney Games and 17th in Athens, entered the final round today four targets ahead of Italy’s Francesco D’ Aniello with a qualification score of 145, setting a new Olympic record. The previous Olympic record of 144 was set by Ahmed Almaktoum of the United Arab Emirates at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. More…
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