USA Shooting’s air gun Olympic Trials part three, where the Paris 2024 Olympic Air Rifle and Pistol Team will be selected, is being held at the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) Judith Legerski Competition Center in Anniston, Alabama, Jan. 5-7, 2024.
Over 90 rifle and pistol athletes from across the country will be competing in the trials for their chance to be named to the 2024 Paris Olympic Team. The 2024 Games will be held this year in France July 26- Aug. 11. A maximum of two athletes in each event will be eligible for the Olympic team.
See the schedule* below:
Jan. 5
- Official Practice (all events) 9:00am-12:00pm
Jan. 6
- Women’s Air Rifle & Pistol-8:45am-10:15am
- Men’s Air Rifle & Pistol- 10:45am-12:15pm
Jan. 7
- Women’s Air Rifle & Pistol-7:45am-9:15am
- Men’s Air Rifle & Pistol- 9:45am-11:15am
- FINALS Men’s Air Rifle & Pistol- 11:45am
- FINALS Women’s Air Rifle & Pistol- 1:30pm
The competition is open to the public and free of charge.
In order for USA Shooting to qualify for competition in an event at the Olympic games, an athlete must win a quota slot in the event. For Paris, USA Shooting currently has five out of the eight possible quotas for air gun. Although up to two athletes can be named to the Olympic team in each event, on Jan. 7 USA Shooting will name the Olympic team members in the following events:
- Women’s Air Pistol (2 athletes)
- Women’s Air Rifle (2 athletes)
- Men’s Air Rifle (1 athlete)
USA Shooting athletes will be competing in the 2024 Championship of the Americas Games this spring in the hopes of earning the remaining quotas needed for the Paris Games. USA Shooting athletes currently have a total of 18 Olympic quotas slots for Pairs and four Paralympic quotas. The remaining Olympic quotas include Men’s Air Pistol (2), Men’s Air Rifle (1), Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions (1), Men’s Rapid Fire (1), Women’s 25m Pistol (1). See the complete list of quotas earned here.
For more information about the event, contact Brittany Nelson at 210-861-9410 or Brittany.Nelson@usashooting.org
