Staff Sgt. George Norton won the men's 3-position event at the Smallbore Olympic Trials, April 1-8 at Fort Benning, but the USA did not have a spot secured yet for smallbore. However, if Norton wins one of the two air rifle Olympic seats in June at the Air Rifle event, he can also shoot in men's 3-position smallbore rifle event at the Olympics.
USAMU's Sgt. 1st Class Glen Eller has already earned a 2016 Olympic Team nomination in double trap through USA Shooting's Olympic points system as a result of his high finishes in international shooting sport events in the year prior to the Games that include his sixth-place finish at the World Championships and backed by his gold-medal performance at World Cup Gabala in 2015.
Sgt. 1st Class Michael McPhail of USAMU earned a spot on the Olympic team in Men's 50m Rifle Prone in the same manner as Eller. He won three gold medals in international shooting sport events in 2015.
Staff Sgt. Keith Sanderson of the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program also qualified for the U.S. Olympic Team as a rapid-fire pistol shooter.
The next pre-Olympic event is the final Shotgun Olympic Trials in Tillar, Arkansas, May 16-25. The first was Oct. 16, 2015, in Tucson, Arizona.
https://www.army.mil/article/166791/Marksmen_aim_their_sights_on_Olympics_in_Rio/
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