THE 15 EVENTSMen (9 events)Pistol class (3 events): Air pistol (10m), Rapid-fire pistol (25m), Pistol (50m)Rifle class (3 events): Air rifle (10m), Rifle prone (50m), Rifle three positions (50m)Shotgun class (3 events): Trap, Double trap, SkeetWomen (6 events)Pistol class (2 events): Air pistol (10m), Pistol (25m)Rifle class (2 events): Air rifle (10m), Rifle three positions (50m)Shotgun class (2 events): Trap, SkeetTHE FORMATFor each event there are qualifying rounds, with 6 or 8 competitors advancing to the final, depending on the weapon. There are 2 different formats for the final.The first format involves 2 phases. After a determined number of shots, there is an elimination phase, in which competitors are eliminated until the awarding of the gold medal.The second format is also in 2 phases. After a semi-final round, the competitors with the best 2 scores advance to the gold medal final, while the competitors with the 3rd and 4th best scores advance to the bronze medal final.MILESTONES1410Founding of the first company of arquebusiers.1710Target shooting gains popularity in the United States.1814Introduction of live pigeon shooting in England.1858American Samuel Colt develops the revolving cylinder system for the pistol. In Switzerland, the first shooting clubs appear and the first rules are drawn up.1880Introduction of clay pigeon shooting in England.1888The Clair brothers of France submit a patent for the first automatic pistol.1896Shooting makes its Olympic debut. It will only be absent from the programme twice: in St. Louis (1904) and Amsterdam (1928).1968Women are allowed to compete in Olympic shooting events for the first time. There are no separate womens events, so they participate in certain mens events.1984The first women-only events are added to the Olympic programme.STARSOscar Swahn (Sweden)The great veteran. In 1912, he became the oldest Olympic gold medallist by winning the team running deer event, aged 64 years and 258 days. The record stands to this day. He also took silver in the event in 1920, aged 72 years and 280 days, which means he is also the oldest Olympic medallist. He and son Alfred won 3 gold medals apiece at the 1908 and 1912 Games, all in running deer.Karoly Takacs (Hungary)A world-class pistol shooter, the Hungarian was involved in a terrible accident in 1938, when a faulty grenade exploded in his right hand (and shooting hand). Undeterred, Takacs switched to shooting with his left hand, and won team world championship gold in 1939. He went on to take Olympic gold in rapid-fire pistol in 1948 and 1952.Zhang Shan (China)A true champion. 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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Jonathan Isaac and Dwayne Bacon continue to come through for Florida State.Bacon scored a game-high 18 points and Isaac got his second double-double of the season (14 points, 13 rebounds) as the Seminoles defeated Minnesota 75-67 on Monday in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.I was proud of those guys, Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton said. Dwaynes shot selection was excellent and allowed pace to come to him. Jonathan asserted himself in the second half, especially getting rebounds.The Seminoles (6-1) shot just 34.6 percent from the field in the first half and trailed 33-31 at halftime. They opened the second half by making six of their first eight as part of a 15-5 run over the first five minutes to give them the lead for good.Bacon, who scored 14 points in the second half, had seven points during the run. Later in the half he had a breakaway dunk off an Isaac block to put FSU up 52-39 with 12:44 remaining.In the first half we played their game which was going down slow and not pushing it up the floor, Bacon said. In the second half we just adjusted to play faster, to get stops and move around.The Seminoles would lead by as many as 19 (70-51) with 5:01 remaining before the Golden Gophers (6-1) started to cut into the lead.Bacon has led Florida State in scoring in six of their seven games while Isaac has been the leading rebounder in the past four.They made really good player plays. A couple of the times I turned to our guys and said `thats a good play from a good player. I thought we played really solid defense, Minnesota coach Richard Pitino said.Akeem Springs and Nate Mason led Minnesota with 11 points. The Gophers came into the game shooting 47 percent from the field but was a season-worst 19 of 58 (32.dddddddddddd8 percent).BIG PICTUREMinnesota: The Gophers were seeking their first 7-0 start since 2008-09 but struggled in their first road game of the season. With five newcomers, Pitino saw the game as a good early test before conference play starts later this month.Florida State: The Seminoles snapped an eight-game losing streak in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge and went 2-1 during a stretch of three games in five days. Both of those wins came against Big Ten teams.LETDOWNMinnesotas Amir Coffey, who came into the game leading the team in scoring at 15.8 points per game, was held to a season-low seven points. The freshman guard was 3 of 10 from the field and got into early foul trouble.STAT OF THE NIGHTFlorida State had a decisive 40-18 advantage in points in the paint.Senior center Michael Ojo had 12 points, marking his second double-figure scoring game of the season and third of his career, and sophomore Christ Koumadje had seven points.UP NEXTMinnesota: The Gophers face Vanderbilt on Saturday in a neutral-site game at Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It is the second straight season the Gophers are playing a game in Sioux Falls.Florida State: The Seminoles will take part in the BB&T Classic in Washington, D.C., on Sunday as they will play George Washington.---More AP college basketball at http://collegebasketball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25---Follow Joe Reedy on Twitter at www.twitter.com/joereedy ' ' '