Tag: Kim Rhode
SHOOTING: American stars Rhode and Hancock sweep World Cup Skeet titles in Korea
The first half of the ISSF Shotgun World Cup confirmed – once again – that the Skeet favorites for Tokyo are Americans Vincent Hancock...
SHOOTING: Amazing Kim Rhode wins 20th World Cup title in Al Ain
There is simply no stopping American shooting legend Kim Rhode. Now 39 and the winner of six Olympic medals over the last six Olympic...
SHOOTING Preview: Gold medalists galore lined up for Shotgun World Cup in UAE
An enormous, star-studded field of 432 shooters from 71 countries is in Al Ain (UAE) for the ISSF Shotgun World Cup that starts Sunday...
SHOOTING: Amazing Rhode wins again in Acapulco World Cup
If you’re looking for the Fountain of Youth, you might want to ask American shooting star Kim Rhode.
Now 39, she recorded her 19th World...
SHOOTING Preview: Shotgun World Cup gets started in Acapulco, with strong fields
A large field of 351 shooters from 61 countries is assembling on the Mexican Riviera – specifically in Acapulco – for the first ISSF...
SHOOTING: Haldeman, Jungman, Carroll and Rhode claim World Champs slots at Shotgun Spring Selection
Plane tickets to the most important competitions of the season were on the line for the American Trap and Skeet specialists at the Shotgun...
SHOOTING: U.S. sweeps Skeet titles at Americas Championship
The United States was expected to dominate the 12th Championship of the Americas in Guadalajara (MEX) and it delivered. On the final weekend of the competition, American shooters won both the men’s and women’s Skeet titles and piled up a total of 25 medals! Frank Thompson won the men’s Skeet and Amber English and Kim […]
SHOOTING Preview: U.S. Shotgun Nationals start in Colorado Springs
The 25th USA Shooting National Shotgun Championships start Sunday and continue through 10 October at the International Shooting Park at Ft. Carson in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with competition in Trap and Skeet for both men and women, and for Mixed Teams in Trap. Both the Trap and Skeet events will be conducted in four stages […]
SHOOTING Preview: ISSF World Champs start in Korea Sunday
Unlike most sports in the Olympic world, the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) holds its World Championships only once every four years, two years after the Olympic Games. That makes the 2018 edition a high-profile event on the road to Tokyo. This year’s venue isn’t too far from the 2020 Games site, either, in Changwon […]
U.S. Senate hearing outcome: 50% of USOC revenue directly to athletes?
TSX HEADLINES – for June 6, 2018: The headlines from Tuesday’s U.S. Senate sub-committee hearing are all about ex-USA Gymnastics chief Steve Penny invoking the Fifth Amendment and refusing to answer any questions at all. That was not the critical outcome. In fact, the key testimony came before Penny even took his seat at the […]
U.S. Senate hearing outcome: 50% of USOC revenue directly to athletes?
TSX HEADLINES – for June 6, 2018: The headlines from Tuesday’s U.S. Senate sub-committee hearing are all about ex-USA Gymnastics chief Steve Penny invoking the Fifth Amendment and refusing to answer any questions at all. That was not the critical outcome. In fact, the key testimony came before Penny even took his seat at the […]
Still a lot of doping going on: 1,595 positives in 2016
TSX HEADLINES – for Apr. 30, 2018: The World Anti-Doping Agency published its report on doping violations for 2016, and there were more than a few. Try 1,595 across 112 sports. Even so, the number of actual doping positives was still less than 1% of the samples processed. And for the Olympic sports – summer […]
Still a lot of doping going on: 1,595 positives in 2016
TSX HEADLINES – for Apr. 30, 2018: The World Anti-Doping Agency published its report on doping violations for 2016, and there were more than a few. Try 1,595 across 112 sports. Even so, the number of actual doping positives was still less than 1% of the samples processed. And for the Olympic sports – summer […]
Show me the money: Skiing’s rewards are for just a few
TSX HEADLINES – for Mar. 26, 2018: The competitive skiing season has been completed and so it’s time to tote up the millions won by the brightest stars on the World Cup tour. Except there weren’t any. Sure, Alpine World Cup winners Mikaela Shiffrin of the U.S. and Marcel Hirscher of Austria made a lot […]
Show me the money: Skiing’s rewards are for just a few
TSX HEADLINES – for Mar. 26, 2018: The competitive skiing season has been completed and so it’s time to tote up the millions won by the brightest stars on the World Cup tour. Except there weren’t any. Sure, Alpine World Cup winners Mikaela Shiffrin of the U.S. and Marcel Hirscher of Austria made a lot […]
When will the Int’l Paralympic Committee give its athletes the spotlight?
TSX HEADLINES – for Mar. 12, 2018: With considerable fanfare, the heads of the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee signed an agreement extending the IOC’s support for the IPC through 2032. Thomas Bach and Andrew Parsons both hailed the agreement as a way to “enhance the Paralympic brand” and “give financial stability […]
When will the Int’l Paralympic Committee give its athletes the spotlight?
TSX HEADLINES – for Mar. 12, 2018: With considerable fanfare, the heads of the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee signed an agreement extending the IOC’s support for the IPC through 2032. Thomas Bach and Andrew Parsons both hailed the agreement as a way to “enhance the Paralympic brand” and “give financial stability […]
American gold: Neben and Rhode win World titles
PALM DESERT, Oct. 13, 2016 – How about those American bikers and shooters, as 41-year-old Amber Neben shocked the cycling world with a World Championship in Doha and six-time Olympic medalist Kim Rhode won another World Cup Final in skeet with a p-e-r-f-e-c-t final round. All the details are in this issue: Lane One: Who […]
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