ADA KORKHIN & HENRY LEVERETT PUNCH TICKETS TO OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024
By Brittany Nelson, USAS Public Relations & Communications Manager
COLO SPRGS, CO (May 10, 2024) – Ada Korkhin, of Brookline Massachusetts, and Henry Leverett, of Bainbridge, Georgia, qualified for the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
Korkhin qualified for her first Olympic Games in Women’s 25m Sport Pistol. The Ohio State University student-athlete finished second overall in the U.S. Olympic Trials-shooting, a three part competition.
Korkhin will be making her Olympic debut at just 20 years old, and she is no stranger to international success. The pistol shooter earned a gold medal at the 2024 Championship of the Americas (CAT) Games in Women’s 25m Sport Pistol Team where she was joined on the podium with teammates Katelyn Abeln and Lisa Emmert Traciak.
In 2023 Korkhin added another impressive medal to her collection. She took home bronze at the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) Junior World Championship in Women’s 25m Sport Pistol. Korkhin will be competing with pistol teammates Alexis Lagan and Abeln in Paris 2024.
Leverett qualified for his second Olympic Games in Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol after his teammate Keith Sanderson earn a second U.S. Olympic quota in the event. Leverett finished second overall in Men’s 25m Sport Pistol at the conclusion of the U.S. Olympic Trials- shooting, but the team only had one quota at the time for Paris 2024. Sanderson, who finished first overall, secured his qualification spot at the end of trials.
Henry Leverett competing at the 2023 Pan American Games. He qualified for the Olympic Games Paris 2024 in Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol. Photo by Joshua Schave
Sanderson recently earned the second U.S. Olympic quota in Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol at the 2024 CAT Games, allowing Leverett to qualify for Paris 2024.
Leverett, who made his Olympic debut in Tokyo 2020, earned the first Paris 2024 U.S. Olympic quota in Men’s 25m Sport Pistol at the 2023 Pan American Games. He also earned a bronze medal in the event. This is the second quad that Leverett has secured a quota for the U.S. in Men’s 25m Sport Pistol.
Leverett, who also competed at the Ohio State University, was a 2023 ISSF World Championships team member and earned gold in Junior Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol at the 2021 ISSF World Championships.
Korkhin and Leverett will be competing in Paris 2024 with the following teammates:
–Ivan Roe, Men’s Air Rifle and 50m Smallbore Rifle
–Mary Tucker, Women’s Air Rifle and 50m Smallbore Rifle
–Sagen Maddalena, Women’s Air Rifle and 50m Smallbore Rifle
–Alexis “Lexi” Lagan: Women’s Air Pistol
–Katelyn Abeln: Women’s Air Pistol and 25m Sport Pistol
–Ada Korkhin: Women’s 25m Sport Pistol
–Keith Sanderson: Men’s 25m Sport Pistol
–Henry Leverett: Men’s 25m Sport Pistol
–Derrick Mein: Men’s Trap
–Will Hinton: Men’s Trap
–Rachel Tozier: Women’s Trap
–Ryann Phillips: Women’s Trap
–Vincent Hancock: Men’s Skeet
–Conner Prince: Men’s Skeet
–Austen Smith: Women’s Skeet
–Dania Vizzi: Women’s Skeet
Read more about the Paris 2024 qualified athletes:
-Air rifle and pistol
–Smallbore rifle and pistol
–Shotgun
–Paralympic qualified athletes
Additional athletes have the chance to qualify for the Olympic and Paralympic Games based on selection procedures and quota allotments.
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