Shooting 2016 Discussion Thread

[DaniSRB 899]

3 minutes ago, hckosice said:

 

 

A version. all the way

i wish it was possible to vote for noone

[heywoodu 15,135]

Neither have double trap anymore? That's the most fun to watch and arguably the hardest shooting discipline in my opinion  

 

 

[dcro 10,210]

Haha, the B proposal has only team events in prone/double trap/50m pistol, without individual events.

 

And I thought FEI was becoming desperate.

Edited December 1, 2016 by dcro

[heywoodu 15,135]

33 minutes ago, dcro said:

Haha, the B proposal has only team events in prone/double trap/50m pistol, without individual events.

 

 

I didn't see that  

 

Well, B then I guess, at least something with double trap. 

[dcro 10,210]

9 hours ago, heywoodu said:

I didn't see that  

 

Well, B then I guess, at least something with double trap. 

 

Wait, you are actually for the idea of athletes going to the Olympics just to compete in some weird mixed team event?

[heywoodu 15,135]

1 minute ago, dcro said:

 

Wait, you are actually for the idea of athletes going to the Olympics just to compete in some weird mixed team event?

No, but if that's the only way to include double trap...so be it  

 

 

[LDOG 2,418]

B for sure, otherwise 50m pistol and double trap specialists are out of the games. I don't like the rifle prone event though (I prefer 10m), but at least it's a 2-1.

[phelps 7,670]

11 hours ago, heywoodu said:

No, but if that's the only way to include double trap...so be it  

 

 

the main problem would be that they will get those quota only among the already qualified (in other disciplines) athletes...

I'm pretty sure that there won't be any special qualification event for those mixed competitions, but they will take only some shooters already there for other events based on some weird "combined ranking"...

and frankly I don't like disciplines without the real specialists, with the medals going just to some good all-rounders who could just take a good placing in that same event if the "big guns" would be there...

 

by the way, I'm totally against all those changes...so, my vote would go to "option C": let all things exactly as they were in Rio (the only move I'd like would be the reintroduction of the Running Target competition, replacing the Prone Rifle - it's always a men's rifle event, but more spectacular and more "for real specialists")...

 

but, since I'm not the one who takes those decisions, imho option A is not as bad (being "good" is something else) as option B...

Edited December 2, 2016 by phelps