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Sam.Spoons View Drop Down
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    Posted: 09 Dec 19 at 11:14pm
Originally posted by 423zero

Would be surprised if they pay for shells, targets or guns, they will be paid by Eley or whoever.

True, just like olympic sailors being sponsored by North or Harken or whoever (I suspect she may have paid for her custom gun, though probably not the $30k you or I would have to stump up for one, a bit like Ben's Finn). The issue is always sponsorship, when the Olympics was all amateur sponsorship was not allowed (or at least strictly controlled) and the only 'professional' sportsmen were 'employed' in the armed forces of certain Nations. I didn't like the Olympics allowing professionals to compete but, with hindsight, it may well have levelled the playing field.


Edited by Sam.Spoons - 09 Dec 19 at 11:16pm
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Originally posted by Sam.Spoons

Originally posted by 423zero

Would be surprised if they pay for shells, targets or guns, they will be paid by Eley or whoever.

True, just like olympic sailors being sponsored by North or Harken or whoever (I suspect she may have paid for her custom gun, though probably not the $30k you or I would have to stump up for one, a bit like Ben's Finn). The issue is always sponsorship, when the Olympics was all amateur sponsorship was not allowed (or at least strictly controlled) and the only 'professional' sportsmen were 'employed' in the armed forces of certain Nations. I didn't like the Olympics allowing professionals to compete but, with hindsight, it may well have levelled the playing field.

including those of  NATO nations as well as the   WarPac
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Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 were postponed for the first time in their history. The Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will now be held on 23 July 2021
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