In a competition requiring deadly accuracy, it’s more than physical skill which defines champions. The top rifle and pistol shooting athletes in the country gathered at the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit (USAMU) training facilities at Fort Moore for the first part of the USA Shooting Olympic Trials for the Summer 2024 Olympics in Paris. Top finishers and their coaches said it was mental training which separated good athletes from great ones. From Sept. 28 to Oct. 3, athletes competed in men’s and women’s 10m air pistol, men’s and women’s 50m smallbore, men’s 25m rapid fire pistol and women’s 25m sport pistol. The USAMU had top finishers in multiple events, including the men’s air 10m air rifle final where Sgt. Ivan Roe, Staff Sgt. Brandon Muske and Sgt. Timothy Sherry swept the top three positions.