Petition: Save PRONE shooting into the OLYMPIC Program

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The recent news about the possible elimination from the Olympic program of the 60 shoots prone event, traditionally included among the sport shooting Olympic events, have shocked the world of the sport shooting and the social media.

The rifle prone event is one of the disciplines with the longest traditions, and within the shooting sport the event with highest rate of participants and the highest number of Nations participating.

Eliminating prone shooting from the Olympic program it would have effects, not only referring to the Olympic Games, but on the structure of ISSF competitions, as they would no longer organize competitions of prone shooting on the World Cups aimed for getting Olympic quota places, leaving thousands athletes who practice this sport into inactivity and without illusion.

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This event fixes perfectly into the Olympic sport concept, the athletes can practice it without being professional, and may continue on a high level after they get 40 or maybe longer because it’s not necessary to take the body to an extreme stress to obtain good results, although constant training and being in very good shape is essential. We must consider the fact that, in order to practice this shooting event, the athletes needs less equipment than in other rifle disciplines like air rifle or three positions shooting. The current Olympic champion, Sergey Martinov, won the competition in London 2012, setting a new Olympic record, using an old not expensive rifle and equipment.

And talking about Equality between men and women, we can say that in this event, and in general in all sport rifle shooting disciplines, men and women obtain the same results because success it is not so much a matter of having the strongest muscles, but having the best balance and good mental training. So why not let men and women compete in the same class, fighting for the same medals (like they did before 1980) as they do in other Olympic sports like the equestrian disciplines.

For everything I said before, please keep the prone shooting event into the Olympic program.

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