Skeet shooting

Skeet is a clay pigeon shooting sport, one of the ISSF shooting events. It is a recreational and competitive activity where participants attempt to destroy clay disks flung into the air at high speed. The firearm of choice for this task is a high quality shotgun. The use of clay disks replaced the more traditional target of live birds, as a cheaper and more reliable alternative, one reason they are also called clay pigeons. The event is in part meant to simulate the action of bird hunting.

Skeet shooting has been an Olympic event since 1896.

Prominent Olympians:

• Shan Zhang - A young Chinese woman who won an upset gold medal in a mixed event in 1992. Since then there have been separate men and women's skeet events.