Precision sports are struggling. Disciplines have been removed from the Olympic roster. Shooting has disappeared from the Commonwealth Games. The increased cost of clays, cartridges, bullets and pellets have affected us all and Covid has wreaked havoc on game and competitive events alike.
Fortunately, the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) and British Shooting have a solution – a way to re-popularise shooting to make it more accessible. Enter Target Sprint. Imagine a miniaturised version of biathlon, but without the snow. Competitors must run 400m, hit five targets at 10m, run another 400m, tackle another set of five targets, then race a final 400m to the finish line.
Simple yet varied
It sounds simple, and that’s the point, but there’s unlimited scope for innovation and variation. “That’s what’s so attractive about the sport, both to athletes and to the ISSF and British Shooting,” says Georgina Geikie.
As a pistol shooting Olympian and Commonwealth medallist, Georgina knows a thing or two about competitive shooting, which is
