TheChairmann

Do you think men and women should be segregated in competitive shooting? I'm curious as to why it was segregated in the first place, since shooting relies on skill instead of physical strength.

Following on from that, how well do you think you would do in a mixed competition?

Thanks for the reply!

While there is physicality to shooting, it doesn't appear to be enough such that men have an unfair advantage. If anything, women may actually have the more advantaged physiology. Just taking a look at the NCAA champions in recent years it does seem dominated by women, but there's still a decent amount of men in there so it's not like there's an unbeatable advantage.

I was interested so I looked at the Olympic medals for shooting and not only did Margaret Murdock win silver in 1976, Zhang Shan won gold in 1992 and was banned from defending her title in 1996! At least in the Olympics, where there is no age bracket, wouldn't it be interesting to see who is really the best in the world?

There would be less medals, but could this be rectified by adding in more events?