Tanguy de La Forest, the former CEO of the French Paralympic Committee, is gunning for that first shooting Parasport medal on his home soil in his six Paralympic Games.
De La Forest enters Paris 2024 with two world R9 championships, in an event full of wonderful narratives, amongst other things.
Shooting parasport had its Paralympic beginning in Toronto in 1976. During the shooting competition in Paris 2024, 160 shooters will shoot rifle and pistol
from a distance of 10 meters, 25 meters and 50 meters and attempt to place as many shots around the bullseye as possible. The competitions can even last up to 3 hours; thus, a lot of energy and patience are needed at competitions.
Depending on the event and the sport class, the athletes are shooting either from a kneeling position, standing, or prone
if the athlete cannot stand, he or she is shooting from a shooting seat or is in a wheelchair and can use an elbow support table.
Competitors will shoot for the stars at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre of France’s central region. It was established in the year 2018 and may be considered one of the biggest multidisciplinary centers across Europe.
It has several shooting ranges, meaning that it can be used to host all 13 Paralympic events and will still be used in other international events after the Games.
For the first time in the Olympics, China took up the first position in the medal tally to get four out of the total thirteen gold medals and secured a second place on two occasions.
However, athletes from 17 countries returned home with a medal from the Japanese capital and will be aiming for the same when the week of action takes place in Chateauroux starting 30 August.