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How do you picture yourself aged 61? Standing on Copacabana beach, wearing the colours of your nation to the backdrop of the famous, blue-hazed mountains of Rio de Janeiro and about to take part in your fifth Olympic Summer Games?
How about, aged 66, having your face displayed on one

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 04:  Mary Hanna, Australian Equestrian Dressage competitor and the oldest member of the Australian poses with Aislin Jones, Australian Shooter and the youngest member of the Australian Olympic Team on Ipanema Beach on August 4, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

Mary Hanna Australia equestrian

Four ageless Olympians eyeing Paris 2024

In Georgia, there are few places for shooting training. Instead, Nino Salukvadze invented her own system of targets and training techniques in her basement with the help of her son.

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Originals

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The eight-time Olympian who built her own shooting range

The best moments from the 2016 Summer Olympic Games

Rio 2016 | Olympic Games

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Nino Salukvadze: My Rio Highlights

Guo Wenjun of China thrills the home crowd and sets an Olympic record in the women's 10m air pistol final.

Beijing 2008 | Olympic Games

Highlights

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Women's 10m Air Pistol Final - Shooting | Beijing 2008 Highlights

United States of America

Simone

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Sweden

Armand

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Mikaela

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Ilia

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Nino

There will be 170 men and 170 women competing across the shooting disciplines at Paris 2024. The total of 340 shooters will compete across 15 medal events at the Olympic Games Paris 2024, where the shooting competitions take place from 27 July to 5 August.
Chateauroux will be the venue

Paris 2024 | Olympic Games

ASAKA, JAPAN - JULY 26: Vincent Hancock of Team United States during Skeet Men's Qualification on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Asaka Shooting Range on July 26, 2021 in Asaka, Saitama, Japan.  (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

The first medal at Paris 2024 Olympics will be awarded in shooting

Shooting at Paris 2024 Olympics: Preview, full schedule, and how to watch live

Georgia's shooting legend Nino Salukvadze secured a quota spot for her country in the women’s 25m pistol event at the 2023 European Games in Wroclaw, Poland, on Monday (26 June)
The 54-year-old finished just outside the podium behind winner and Rio 2016 champion Anna Korakaki, with Antoaneta Kostadinova winning silver

Nino Salukvadze celebrates during the women's 25m pistol event at the 2023 European Games

Nino Salukvadze set to make Olympic history by securing quota spot for Paris 2024

Georgia's shooting legend Nino Salukvadze is determined to continue making Olympic history.
Tokyo 2020 was supposed to be her swansong at the Games, but just a few weeks after becoming the first woman to compete in nine Summer Olympics, she had a change of heart and came out of retirement.

European Games 2023 | Kraków

Nino Salukvadze (R) with her son Tsotne Machavariani (L)

Georgia’s shooting legend Nino Salukvadze aiming for perfect 10 at Paris 2024

Find out why the Georgian shooter is chasing Ian Millar's stand-alone record of 10 Olympic appearances. She's trying to qualify for Paris 2024 alongside her son Tsotne after becoming the first mother and son to compete at the same Games in Rio. Hear more from the shooting star in this exclusive interview with the pair.

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Nino Salukvadze: Aiming for more Olympic history in Paris

Tokyo 2020 pulled the trigger with the first gold medal of the Games awarded in shooting to Chinese athlete YANG Qian on Saturday 24 July 2021.
And the excitement continued as 300 shooting stars took aim at 54 medals across 15 different events.
21-year-old Yang claimed gold in the 10

Tokyo 2020 | Olympic Games

ASAKA, JAPAN - JULY 27: (L-R) Silver Medalists Mary Carolynn Tucker and Lucas Kozeniesky of Team United States, Gold Medalists Qian Yang and Haoran Yang of Team China, and Bronze Medalists Yulia Karimova and Sergey Kamenskiy of Team ROC during the medal ceremony for the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team finals on day four of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Asaka Shooting Range on July 27, 2021 in Asaka, Saitama, Japan. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Silver Medalists Mary Carolynn Tucker and Lucas Kozeniesky of Team United States, Gold Medalists Qian Yang and Haoran Yang of Team China, and Bronze Medalists Yulia Karimova and Sergey Kamenskiy of Team ROC during the medal ceremony for the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team finals on day four of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Asaka Shooting Range on July 27, 2021 in Asaka, Saitama, Japan. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

What we learned: Shooting wrap from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Tokyo 2020 was the last Games for several athletes who made Olympic history, from veterans Nino Salukvadze, Jake Gibb and Oksana Chusovitina to medallists Allyson Felix, Pau and Marc Gasol, and Svetlana Romashina.

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Gasol, Felix, Mary Kom...Time to say goodbye

53-year-old shooting legend Nino Salukvadze has become the first woman ever to compete in nine Summer Olympics. The Georgian has not missed a Games since 1988. How has her sport changed in all these years? And how has she changed? The history-maker re-lives some of her fondest memories with us ahead of her final Olympic competition.

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History-maker Nino Salukvadze: From Seoul 1988 to Tokyo 2020

They're the Georgian mum and son combination who won a shooting medal at the Minsk 2019 European Games. Mother Nino Salukvadze has taken part in eight Olympics. No woman has ever participated in nine, and she's qualified for Tokyo 2020, where she could again line up alongside her son. Tsotne joined his mum at Rio 2016, and in Minsk too, but they'd love another crack at setting another Olympic record together.

Georgian shooting mother and son. Nino Salukvadze and Tsotne Machavariani medalled together at Minsk 2019 European Games after both competing at Rio 2016, her eighth appearance at the Olympics.

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Four ageless Olympians eyeing Paris 2024

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Four ageless Olympians eyeing Paris 2024

The eight-time Olympian who built her own shooting range

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Olympic Results

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