US shooter Jason Turner was awarded a bronze Medal after a doping scandal involving a North Korean shooter was discovered after doping test revealed a Violation in Beijing. This is the second such scandal involving North Korean national shooting team member in recent months.
From the U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Shooting
BEIJING, China (August 15, 2008)
U.S. shooter Jason Turner was awarded a bronze medal in the 10m air pistol event after Kim Jong Su from North Korea was disqualified for a positive drug test. Turner was fourth in the competition before Kim’s doping positive. From Rochester, N.Y., 2004 Olympian Turner lives and trains at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.
Turner’s bronze medal was presented to him in a ceremony hosted by the U.S. Olympic Committee on Saturday, August 16 at the USA House.
As of today the USA Shooting medal count is 6. 2 Gold, 2 Silver, and 2 Bronze medals. Team USA is behind 1 medal to China’s Shooting Team with 7 medals. One event remains as of this posting.
Since our last posting Team USA shooters Vincent Hancock, Kim Rhode, Matt Emmons, and Jason Turner won Medals in the Beijing Summer Games. The remaining event is 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men with Matt Emmon representing the US. “When” Matt brings home the gold medal this will be his third career Olympic Medal and second of the games.
Stay tuned for More Updates on Team USA Shooting
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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