How do you compete?

In the case of carbine (rifle) and pistol, participants aim at a target with concentric circles and the ones that hit closer to the centre earn more points: rifle 50 m, compressed air carbine 10 m, rapid fire pistol 25 m and compressed air pistol 10 m. There are also three shooting positions: on the knee, where athletes take a kneeling stance, and supports the weapon on the bent leg, prone, where the athlete shoots while being prone, and standing. Only some events include all these shooting positions. There are 3 shooting distances: 10 m, 25 m and 50 m. In 10m, the events are women’s, men’s, and mixed team air pistol and women’s, men’s, and mixed team rifle. In 25m women’s pistol and men’s rapid-fire pistol. In 50m, men and women compete in the 3x40 event which includes shooting from three positions: kneeling, prone and standing.

Shotgun is the art of shooting at a flying target known commonly as skeet shot. There are two types: trap, where the targets are launched at a great distance from a single pit, located at the centre of the field, and skeet, where the targets are launched from pits located left and right. In both disciplines, men and women compete.