RIO IN SIGHT: USA Shooting Team Set for World Cup Opener in Thailand

By Justin Stakes

Colorado Springs, CO -(AmmoLand.com)- The Olympic Year has come and 21 USA Shooting Team athletes will test their readiness against the world’s best at the season-opening International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup set for Bangkok, Thailand, March 3-8.

Three athletes having already secured their tickets to Rio will compete including three-time Olympic medalist Matt Emmons (Browns Mills, New Jersey), 2012 Olympian Michael McPhail (U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit/Darlington, Wisconsin) and two-time Olympian Keith Sanderson (Army WCAP/Colorado Springs, Colorado).

Emmons will compete in all three rifle disciplines (Air, Prone and Three-Position). A trip to his fourth Olympic Games already secure for Three-Position, Emmons will be looking to add more to his plate come April when he competes at the Olympic Team Trials for Smallbore hoping to earn a spot in Prone and then he’s eyeing a potential Air Rifle spot in June despite giving up that event this entire quad.

“Bangkok is an important part of my training plan for this year. I started competing again last month and now it’s time to ramp it up a little more with a World …Read the Rest

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