Rifle Athletes Look to Build on R3 and R4 Performances at Paralympic Games

By Duncan Johnson

RIO DE JANEIRO –-(Ammoland.com)- Team USA’s rifle athletes who competed today at the 2016 Paralympic Games may not have had the scores they were hoping for in R3 (Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1) and R4 (Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2), but these first-time Paralympians feel they’ve gained the experience to shine in their upcoming Prone Rifle matches.

The day started off with the R3 event in which John Joss (U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit/Corsicana, Texas, pictured right) finished in 40th place (618.8) and Tammy Delano (Rome, New York, pictured left) finished in 42nd place (617.8).

“My fingers started getting numb towards the end of the match and I couldn’t feel the trigger very well, so I was trying to feel it out and it broke,” Joss said, meaning the shot went off earlier than he had intended it to. Joss had to fight hard through a shoulder injury he sustained earlier in the week during today’s match. “Everything else was okay and it was a good experience. It was just that one shot and once it’s out there, you can’t take …Read the Rest

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