Shooting

After almost a year without competing, Luna, Khaoula and Mahdi travel with Nicco to Germany to attend a training camp and official competition. It's their last chance to hit the minimum qualifying score in order to qualify for the Tokyo Games.

Niccolò CAMPRIANI

Tokyo 2020 | Olympic Games

Originals

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Taking Refuge | Final shot at the Games

The team travels to India to train with the top air rifle athletes in the world and compete in a friendly match. They are welcome by Abhinav Bindra, the first individual gold medallist in the history of the country. Are they able to remain calm under pressure? As they get ready for a decisive qualification round, there is turning point in the team’s journey: Tokyo 2020 Games have been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Taking Refuge | Training with the World’s Best

The team travels to Italy for their first international competition, which is also Mahdi's first trip outside of Switzerland since arriving in the country. On their way to Bologna, they train at Nicco’s first shooting range and meet his former coach and his parents. Will they manage to beat the minimum qualifying score for the Games?

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Taking Refuge | First Competition

Nicco provides an update on his students' performances. Mahdi and Khaoula talk about life in Switzerland and why this opportunity to train with Nicco means so much to them. Nicco is already planning ahead to the first competition but Mahdi has an issue with getting a passport

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Taking Refuge | First days at practice

Three-time Olympic shooting gold medallist Niccolo Campriani brings together a group of refugees for a day of try-outs. His aim: to select three of them who will train and try to qualify for the next Olympic Games.

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Taking Refuge | Selection Day

Mahdi, Khaoula and Luna open up about their respective journeys leaving their home countries behind and their hope for a better life. Mahdi is now an apprentice and Khaoula takes German classes. Luna’s selection on the team might be compromised by exciting news. With a special guest at practice, the team discusses their next international trip.

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Taking Refuge | Taking Refuge

This event took place on 06/08/2012 at the Royal Artillery Barracks, London. Niccolo Campriani (ITA) claimed Gold. Jonghyun Kim (KOR) and Matthew Emmons (USA) completed the podium.

London 2012 | Olympic Games

Replay

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Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions - Final | London 2012 Replays

Abhinav Bindra welcomed Niccolo Campriani and his Tokyo 2020 hopefuls to Bengaluru. With their fellow refugee shooter Luna unwell, Khaoula and Mahdi made the trip to India to take advice from Bindra and 10m air rifle world number one Apurvi Chandela. And India's sole individual Olympic gold medallist spoke exclusively to Olympic Channel about the pair and his country's prospects in shooting at the Games.

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Refugee shooters take Bindra tips on path to Tokyo

Three-time Olympic shooting gold medallist Niccolò Campriani brings together a group of refugees to see if any of them has what it takes to try to qualify for Tokyo 2020 in the air rifle event.

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Selection Day | Taking Refuge: Target Tokyo 2020  (Exclusive)

Watch the trailer for the new original series that follows three refugees on a brave journey to qualify for Tokyo 2020 in the air rifle event. Along the way, they will be coached and mentored by three-time Olympic gold medallist Niccolo Campriani.

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Taking Refuge: Target Tokyo 2020 (Trailer)

Gold: Niccolo Campriani (ITA)
Silver: Serhiy Kulish (UKR)
Bronze: Vladimir Maslennikov (RUS)

Rio 2016 | Olympic Games

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Shooting: Men's 10m Air Rifle Qual and Final | Rio 2016 Replays

All the Olympic highlights from Italy, set to the national anthem.

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National anthem: The best of Italy in Rio

Gold: Niccolo Campriani (ITA)
Silver: Sergey Kamenskiy (RUS)
Bronze: Alexis Raynaud (FRA)

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Shooting: Men's 50m Rifle 3 Pos Qual and Final | Rio 2016 Replays

In men's 10m air rifle, Italy's Niccolo Campriani wins gold, his second medal after winning silver at London 2012.

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Italy's Campriani wins gold in Men's 10m Air Rifle

Niccolo Campriani retains his title from London 2012, edging out Sergey Kamenskiy in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions.

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Italy's Campriani wins third Olympic shooting gold

Highlights of the men's 50m rifle 3 positions shooting final on Day 9 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Olympic Shooting Centre.

Highlights

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Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Final - Shooting | Rio 2016 Highlights

United States of America

Simone

Simone Biles - Olympics.com

Sweden

Armand

Armand Duplantis - Olympics.com

Mikaela

Mikaela SHIFFRIN

Ilia

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Niccolò

The stars of Olympic Channel's original series Taking Refuge: Target Tokyo 2020, Abhinav Bindra and Niccolo Campriani, shared the spotlight once again, this time as they co-hosted an online session to help viewers understand the techniques of stress management.

Abhinav Bindra has revealed the inner demons he fought post 2008

Olympic champions Abhinav Bindra and Niccolo Campriani share their secret to a good night's sleep before the Games

Following their collaboration on the ‘Mark A Mark’ project, Olympic champions Abhinav Bindra and Niccolo Campriani are set to join forces once again, this time for an hour-long session on stress management.
The session, part of an online summer festival hosted by the Worldwide Olympic partner Airbnb, is scheduled for

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Let Abhinav Bindra teach you how to manage stress!

For Indian shooting great Abhinav Bindra, it was on one of his trips to the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland that he came across Project ‘Make A Mark’.
The brainchild of his long-time friend and a three-time Olympic gold medallist Niccolo Campriani of Italy, the project was

Indian Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra believes that champions have to be built through systems and processes

For Abhinav Bindra, Olympic movement is about influencing lives

Three-time Olympic champion Niccolo Campriani and two stars of the new Olympic Channel documentary 'Taking Refuge' share their experiences in their quest to reach Tokyo 2020.

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Taking Refuge stars talk about Tokyo 2020 bid

Three-time Olympic champion Niccolo Campriani certainly set himself a stiff task after retiring from shooting - finding refugees who had never tried the sport and turning them into Tokyo 2020 hopefuls. Hear from Lausanne-based trio Khaoula, Mahdi and Luna and Campriani, about the new Olympic Channel original series 'Taking Refuge'.

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Can refugee novice shooters make Tokyo 2020?

Three-time Olympic sport shooting champion Niccolò Campriani opens up on what he learnt from helping a group of refugees develop the technical and mental skills needed to try and qualify for the Games in Tokyo. The Italian shares his love for shooting, how it felt to be a coach for the first time, and where he sees his future in the sport following the project documented in the Olympic Channel original series 'Taking Refuge'.

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Campriani: Coaching refugees has made me a better person

Abhinav Bindra has reached heights no other Indian has touched alone: the top spot of an Olympic podium.
But for the Beijing 2008 gold medallist, his road to glory was always paved with self-doubt.
Bindra touched upon the subject at the premiere of Taking Refuge: Target Tokyo 2020, an Olympic

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Abhinav Bindra wants others to avoid anxiety trap

It was on one of his trips to the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) headquarters that Indian shooting legend Abhinav Bindra came across a project that had his long-time friend Niccolo Campriani working with a bunch of novice shooters.
Learning more about it, he would get to know that the Italian

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Why refugee shooters scored a Perfect 10 with Abhinav Bindra

For multiple Olympic gold medallist Niccolo Campriani, the journey that his refuge charges have undergone - as documented in Olympic Channel's Taking Refuge: Target Tokyo 2020 series - goes beyond the Olympics next year.
Campriani brought together a group of refugees to see if any of them had what it

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Campriani wants Taking Refuge influence to continue

Olympic Channel's 'Taking Refuge', released on Monday (15 June), is an inspirational and emotional documentary series following three refugees in their bid to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
After quitting competitive shooting at the end of Rio 2016, Niccolo Campriani needed new direction.
Inspired by the first Refugee

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Follow refugee shooters in their bid to reach Olympic Games

Rio 2016

London 2012

Beijing 2008

Niccolo Campriani wins gold for Italy, Sergey Kamenskiy claims silver for Russia and Alexis Raynaud wins bronce for France in the men's shooting 3 positions final at the Rio Summer Olympic Games in 2016

Great Olympic Moments

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Niccolò CAMPRIANI

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