Larry Eder is the President at Running Network LLC and Group Publisher at Shooting Star

The great media guru, Marshal McLuhan once said: "The medium is the message." In the Cold War, sports replaced atomic war, at times, as the way the United States and the Soviet bloc promoted the benefits of their political systems.

    Larry Eder is the President at Running Network LLC and Group Publisher at Shooting Star

"To the contrary - people who call for a boycott are shooting their own foot."

19th Commonwealth Games New Delhi, India - 3 October 2010 - 14 October 2010   Olympic Games London, Great Britain - 27 July 2012 - 12 August 2012  

Patton rode, fenced, swam and ran very well, but his shooting let him down.

Technical The order of the events is shooting, fencing, swimming, riding and running and the base for

In shooting, you earn 1,000 points if you score 172 out of 200 and gain or lose points (+/-12 per target

disqualified for a doping offence was the Swede Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall, who had a couple of beers before the shooting

Shooting would have been an Olympic ever-present but for the decision to exclude the sport in 1928 at

He recovered and subsequently won two Olympic titles, shooting with his left hand.

Technical There are 15 Olympic shooting titles; nine for men and six for women.

Rifle and pistol shooting provide the majority of the events; six for men, four for women.

In clay-pigeon shooting, the top six go forward to the final round.

In Antwerp in 1920 the Belgians won four gold medals for shooting at bird-shaped targets on 100ft poles

  Larry Eder is the President at Running Network LLC and Group Publisher at Shooting Star Media

  By Larry Eder - 19 August 2009   This is my eighth World Championships that I have covered as a member of the media. I am fascinated with how the events are marketed and how competitors try to get their piece of the action.  

Larry Eder is the President at Running Network LLC and Group Publisher at Shooting Star Media, Inc.

August 16 - Qian Chen (pictured) today became China’s first woman Modern Pentathlon world champion, racing to gold at Crystal Palace tonight as Britain's team claimed the silver medals.  

started the run/shoot 16 seconds behind Russia’s Polina Struchtkova, but shot so well that she exited the shooting

range in first place after the first round of shooting.

August 16 - Qian Chen (pictured) today became China’s first woman Modern Pentathlon world champion, racing to gold at Crystal Palace tonight as Britain's team claimed the silver medals.  

started the run/shoot 16 seconds behind Russia’s Polina Struchtkova, but shot so well that she exited the shooting

range in first place after the first round of shooting.

approve more gold medals for women in a range of sports including boxing, canoe/ kayak, cycling, and shooting

By Tom DegunAugust 13 - Klaus Schormann, the President of Modern Pentathlon's governing body, has claimed a new format will dramatically improve the sport for both for audiences and participants.

controversial rule changes have seen the sport’s international body combine two of the five traditional events, shooting

The Olympics certainly pack a punch when it comes to shining a light on issues within sport. The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision regarding women’s boxing, which will be made today, is no exception.

approve more gold medals for women in a range of sports including boxing, canoe/ kayak, cycling, and shooting

By Tom Degun   August 13 - Klaus Schormann, the President of Modern Pentathlon's governing body, has claimed a new format will dramatically improve the sport for both for audiences and participants.    

controversial rule changes have seen the sport’s international body combine two of the five traditional events, shooting