Paris 2024 Olympics: Team USA’s Katelyn Abeln Qualifies For Women’s 25m Pistol Final

USA Shooting athlete Katelyn Abeln will be in the Women’s 25m Pistol event final at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Saturday, Aug. 3.

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posted on August 2, 2024
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Team USA’s Katelyn Abeln landed a spot in the Women’s 25m Pistol final, which will be held 9:30 a.m. tomorrow (Paris time) at the Chateauroux Shooting Center in France.
Photo by Joshua Schave

Team USA’s Katelyn Abeln walked away from the Women’s 25m Pistol event qualification round at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Friday with a spot in tomorrow’s final.

Abeln exited qualification with a score of 585-19X, giving her the number eight ranking and the last spot in the final.

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Katelyn Abeln is pictured above competing in the Women’s 10m Air Pistol qualification round at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Saturday, Jul. 27, which she finished in 24th place. Today, Abeln qualified for the Women’s 25m Pistol final, which will be held on Friday, Aug. 2. (Photo by Joshua Schave)

 

Her scores in precision were 94, 97 and 99, while for rapid fire she posted a pair of 98s, along with 99 in the third series.

There were 40 competitors in Women’s 25m Pistol at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Abeln’s U.S. teammate, Ada Korkhin, finished the Women’s 25m Pistol qualification round in 32nd place with a score of 571-17X.

See below for the list of eight shooters that qualified for the Women’s 25m Pistol at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

  1. Veronika Major, 592-27X (Hungary)
  2. Manu Bhaker, 590-24X (India)
  3. Haniyeh Rostamiyan, 588-18X (Iran)
  4. Thu Vinh Trinh, 587-25X (Vietnam)
  5. Nan Zhao, 586-19X (China)
  6. Jiin Yang, 586-19X (South Korea)
  7. Camille Jedrzejewski, 585-25X (France)
  8. Katelyn Ablen, 585-19X (United States)

The Women’s 25m Pistol event final will be held at the Chateauroux Shooting Center on Friday, August 2, at 9:30 a.m. (Paris time).

Earlier this week at the Paris 2024 Olympics, Abeln competed in the Women’s 10m Air Pistol event, finishing in 24th place after the qualification round.

Be sure to visit the Shooting Sports USA website often for the latest news and updates from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

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