WOMEN
Gold and silver in sights of US

Compiled by Globe Staff, 09/15/2000

WHEN: Sept. 15 (10m air rifle), Sept. 16 (10m air pistol), Sept. 17 (trap), Sept. 18 (double trap), Sept. 19 (rifle 3-position), Sept. 20 (skeet), Sept. 21 (pistol).

US ENTRIES: Janine Bowman, Christina Cassidy, Jayme Dickman, Jean Foster, Cindy Gentry, Nancy Johnson, Thrine Kane, Melissa Mulloy, Kimberly Rhode, Cindy Shenberger, Beki Snyder

FAVORITES:

• 3-position: 1. Sonja Pfeilschifter, Germany; 2. Wang Xian, China; 3. Nonka Matova, Bulgaria
• Sport pistol: 1. Cai Yieqing, China; 2. Irada Ashumova, Azerbaijan; 3. Marina Logvinenko, Russia
• Air rifle: 1. Renata Mauer, Poland; 2. Pfeilschifter; 3. Kim Jung-mi, South Korea
• Air pistol: 1. Dorisuren Munkhbayar, Mongolia; 2. Yoko Inada, Japan; 3. Lolita Milchina, Belarus
• Skeet: 1. Yerjanik Avetisian, Russia; 2. Diana Igaly, Hungary; 3. Zhang Shan, China
• Trap: 1. Satu Pusila, Finland; 2. Gentry; 3. Delphine Racinet, France
• Double trap: 1. Rhode; 2. Pia Julin, Finland; 3. Deborah Gelisio, Italy.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR: More medals this time (trap and skeet have been added), which is good news for the Americans, who got gold from Rhode in Atlanta and should add silver from Gentry.

MEN
US taking aim at three medals

WHEN: Sept. 15 (10m air pistol), Sept. 16 (trap), Sept. 17 (10m air rifle), Sept. 18 (50m pistol), Sept. 19 (double trap), Sept. 20 (rifle prone, rapid fire pistol), Sept. 21 (running target), Sept. 22 (rifle 3-position, skeet).

US ENTRIES: Michael Anti, Lance Bade, Bill Demarest, Lance Dement, Mike Douglass, Glenn Dubis, Glenn Eller, Todd Graves, Ken Johnson, Bill Keever, Josh Lakotas, John McNally, Jason Parker, Adam Saathoff, Mike Schmidt, Daryl Szarenski, Tom Tamas

FAVORITES:

• Prone rifle: 1. Tamas; 2. Juha Hirvi, Finland; 3. Sergei Kovalenko, Russia
• 3-position rifle: 1. Jozef Gonci, Slovakia; 2. Pascal Bessy, France; 3. Rajmond Debevec, Slovenia
• Running target: 1. Niu Zhiyuan, China; 2. Saathoff; 3. Igor Kolesov, Russia
• Free pistol: 1. Franck Dumoulin, France; 2. Hans-Juergen Bauer-Neumaier, Germany; 3. Igor Basinski, Belarus
• Rapid-fire pistol: 1. Ralf Schumann, Germany; 2. Daniel Leonhard, Germany; 3. Julian Raicea, Romania
• Air rifle: 1. Artem Khadjibekov, Russia; 2. Gonci; 3. Chae Keun-bae, South Korea
• Air pistol: 1. Wang Yifu, China; 2. Igor Basinski, Belarus; 3. Roberto Di Donna, Italy
• Skeet: 1. Andrea Benelli, Italy; 2. Pietro Genga, Italy; 3. Drew Harvey, Great Britain
• Trap: 1. Michael Diamond, Australia; 2. Bade; 3. Alexei Alipov, Russia;
• Double trap: 1. Russell Mark, Australia; 2. Diamond; 3. Daniele DiSpigno, Italy.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR: The Germans, Italians, Russians, Chinese, and Australians divvied up the golds in Atlanta and figure to do it again. The US rifle types were off the mark last time, but Tamas and Saathoff should be on the podium along with Bade, who won bronze in 1996.