The Olympic Shooting Uniforms Have Stolen the Internet’s Attention [Video]

Every four years, like clockwork, several things will happen. I will lament the fact I still don’t have a mortgage. I will contemplate a career change and, for a few feverish moments, seriously believe that I have what it takes to be a human rights lawyer. And I will also zone into niche Olympic sports. I will say things like “great technique” or “she’s a real wildcard in this round,” despite knowing absolutely nothing about how one wins at whipping around a ribbon on a stick.

The time has come again. After Paris’s damp and laborious opening ceremony (legend has it that the Beyoncé rip-off mechanical horse is still cantering down the Seine), the first fringe event was streaming live and direct to my living room: the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team match-up. Cue equal parts confusion and a delusional “Oh, I could do that, easy.”

But while there is much magic in firing at targets with rifles …