Shooting sports at the Olympics
50 M Smallbore rifle. I just watched the replay and the American, Emmons looked like he had it wrapped up. I won't say I am a marksman, but controlling your breathing and holding your mark *should* be the same across all 10 shots. Emmons completely lost it on the last shot and blew a 3.6 point lead scoring a shot off the target. That guy must be kicking himself. He had the gold locked with a 7.0 shot, but scored 4.4 and watched the field post scores int the 8-10.5 range and walk past him. After the scores he posted on the first 9 shots this is essentially the same thing as not even shooting the last shot. Poor guy. I guess it is no different than buck fever, but this is a trained marksman. Bummer...
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