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Future format for Free Pistol

Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2017 9:25 pm
by j-team
Now that Free Pistol is no longer on the Olympic program, will it still have a final at World Champs etc?

Or, can we go back to awarding the gold medal to the best shooter over 60 shots?

And, can we now go back to calling it Free Pistol instead of 50m Pistol (please!)?

Re: Future format for Free Pistol

Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 1:08 pm
by jenrick
I agree with both of those suggestions.

I will admit that as much as I dislike the finals format the IOC currently uses, I have several friends who really like it and it's the reason they have become interested in these disciplines. So who know maybe the IOC was onto something, but I know what I prefer as a competitor.

-Jenrick

Re: Future format for Free Pistol

Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 1:12 pm
by Jon Math
I’d hate to shoot a world record in the qualifier only to go on to blow the finals and miss a medal. The head to head format does tend to draw in spectators so from that point of view it’s not a bad thing.

Re: Future format for Free Pistol

Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 3:14 pm
by Brian Girling
j-team wrote:Now that Free Pistol is no longer on the Olympic program, will it still have a final at World Champs etc?

Or, can we go back to awarding the gold medal to the best shooter over 60 shots?

And, can we now go back to calling it Free Pistol instead of 50m Pistol (please!)?

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Re: Future format for Free Pistol

Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 3:19 pm
by hundert
Jon Math wrote:I’d hate to shoot a world record in the qualifier only to go on to blow the finals and miss a medal. The head to head format does tend to draw in spectators so from that point of view it’s not a bad thing.
hahaha :D like Jin Jong Oh in 2009 in air pistol? :D Ekimov took 1st.