Twitter’s In Meltdown As Men Try To Teach Olympic Gold Medalist The Proper Way To Hold A Gun
Vitalina Batsarashkina, who is a 24-year-old Russian sports shooter, won a gold medal in the now ongoing Tokyo Olympics. People all around the world were fascinated by her calm stance depicted in the picture showing her during the competition. However, this was what also stirred a debate on Twitter.
Twitter member @Blankzilla shared a picture of Vitalina during the game expressing her astonishment at how calmly she stands with a gun in one hand and the other in her pocket. Soon, a few know-it-alls started commenting on the athlete’s position and the way she holds the gun, saying that she does it wrong. The mansplaining soon was shut down by other members who happened to be experienced shooters or were merely into this sport.
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People online were amazed by this Olympic sports shooter and her stance during the competition
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This young sportswoman, who started sports shooting at 12 years old, has already won two gold medals and a silver medal in the Tokyo Olympics. She’s been gaining a lot of international recognition since the 2014 European Junior Championships. Since she was little, she was interested in more masculine activities such as hunting, fishing, and shooting. She learned how to use a gun before she turned 10 years old, which seems to be the very start of her sports shooter career.
Some Twitter members started mansplaining the shooter’s standing technique
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People online started debunking mansplainers by sharing their own experiences and knowledge
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Shooting sports require posture stability and accuracy in aiming and triggering. For this reason, air pistol shooters try to maintain a relaxed body position. This is why sports shooters are seen with one hand in their pocket, as according to one of the Twitter users, it “helps stop any body wobble.” Another prominent critique was that holding a gun with one arm could break her wrist. According to Olympics shooting rules, athletes have to shoot using one hand only, and using an air pistol won’t break their wrist.
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"she'll break her wrist the first time she shoots". Yeah, cause that's how the olympics works. They get a whole bunch of people who have never fired a gun but want to give it a go to come into the stadium and let them firea gun for the first time ever and see how it turns out.
The ignorance in this is epic. Those aren't even standard handguns. They're competition. And you aren't getting much recoil off them.... I could go on, but why bother?
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This person has reached the Olympic. Why are these arm chair quarterbacks expressing opinions on someone who has already proven themselves an effective shooter
Women aren't "supposed" to be able to shoot. Didn't you know?
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The article says, "Since she was little, she was interested in more masculine activities such as hunting, fishing, and shooting." There is nothing inherently masculine about any of these things. Unless you have to use your penis to operate a gun, fishing rod, or bow, there is no reason to gender these sports as masculine. The whole article is about how a woman is a gold medalist in a sport, and yet you assign the sport(s) to men. Come on now.
I was taken fishing first time when I was 4. I wasn't old enough to have a voice in the matter or if it was boy-girl stuff. We had to eat. I was gonna have to learn. Where I grew up, girls commonly drove tractors, hunted, fished, etc. Irks me when it's seen as "man stuff". I was a better pistol shot than my father, and did better at small game hunting by far.
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A one-handed vs two-handed grip is up to the person with the gun, and their purpose. OK? One-handed can, for many, lead to better accuracy; two-handed helps brace against recoil in rapid-fire. And, as a female, I've shot both ways, and never so much as sprained a wrist, so if these guys are limp-wristing when they try one-handed shooting, that's on them. (PS: Limp-wristing is a term I learned when taught to shoot 35 years ago, and refers to inability to grip pistol firmly, not anything else.) This is why you fire a revolver differently to a semi-auto in handguns. A lot of shooting fails result from improper form in holding the weapon. These folks hit the Olympic level. Methinks they know better than most.
Agreed. Different firearms require different techniques. I imagine most of the criticism of these Olympic level shooters comes from guys who own a single Glock 17 that goes to the range once every other year. This type of shooting is a completely different skill than say, cowboy action shooting bowling pins with a revolver. You don't drive a Jeep the same way you drive a Corvette.
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How about as a rule of thumb we just assume Olympians know how to do their sport better than we do. People just love to Monday morning quarterback.
Tacticool dorks is almost as good a name for them as ammosexuals
He wouldn't have dared say that about a man. He's just miffed because he probably couldn't hit the broad side of a barn from ten feet away. With a soccer ball.
I think that if women had made those comments, you wouldn't see articles complaining about "womansplaining". Why focus so much on their gender?
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So here's a crazy idea: maybe someone competing at the Olympics might have a slight idea what they're doing.
It's in the Olympic rules that the pistol shooter can only use one hand. Maybe the mansplainers should have looked into this first!
If women had made the comments, would the article have called it "womansplaining"? I doubt it.
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If you have seen just once shooting in the Olympics then you know that the rule is one hand to the gun and one to the pocket! You actually HAVE to have your other hand to the pocket!! But even if you don't know, you see that EVERYONE stands like this so it's not that difficult to get the concept!! It's not rocket science ffs
A classic case of mainsplaining, I would say. This dude would probably not have made this comment if the original image had been of a male Olympic athlete in the same shooting position.
I'm betting if a woman had made these comments about a male Olympian, we wouldn't be seeing articles claiming they were "womansplaining". So why the double standard here?
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hell I'm more fascinated by the fact she has a witcher medallion hanging from her belt
Considering firearms used in biathlon have the recoil of an air pistol...
Continuing on to say their stance is perfect for one-handed shooting, as I was taught, although I didn't get away with the "lean back", but everyone's got their comfort zone. I was taught by my dad, who was military, so he may have had his own quirks about that.
All i can think is I've got one hand in my pocket ant the other is shooting for a gold medal..
LOL! Today I am going away from this post from a grat expression: "Tacticool dork". Soo many applications!
She has gold medals so I think she knows what she's doing. And I shoot revolvers the same way because of thumb placement. You won't get cut from the chamber ejecting the round.
I heard that she won gold in the event. she'll break her wrist ? not sure about that :D
Is "Prof" an almighty misogynist gobshite? Wish I could get your up votes now. Mine would be a resounding YES
Was it really a meltdown? Is BP trying to stir up a conflict when there are none?
Competition shooting is nothing like hunting or sniping terrorists. Not even close. 55 year hunter here!
ahhahahah I commented on this photo and the mainsplaining before I saw this article!!! Shut up nathiel!
It looks as though maybe they HAVE to stand like that? The other two people are standing the same way...?
I'm curious how people would react if an author criticized women as a gender for their comments on twitter ("women try to womansplain to a male professional"). I'm betting that people would view the article as sexist, so why isn't the same standard held here?
I'd just be asking "What is it about this gun that allows this kind of stance?". I know very little about guns... just what is the layman's average casual easy-to-grab info. Guns have recoil. Buuut that's obviously not the end of it. Sooo ask, maybe? I do find the stance very interesting because it's different from everything 'out there' in the media - yet this person is obviously 'in the know' since they're AT THE OLYMPICS. So yeah, I'd be far more asking: "How? Please tell me how these tools are different from the others?" - seek knowledge.
Since she was little, she was interested in more masculine activities such as hunting, fishing, and shooting. Annnnnnd I will no longer continue reading this article F**k you whoever wrote this article .. what are you a hundred year old sexist old guy ????
Very much like reading anti-vaxxers de-bunk the world's leading virolologists on social media. 😄😄😄
Keep in mind, half of the population has average intelligence or less. This is a showcase of said stupidity.
I was about to make a comment about the male shooters doing the same thing. The last picture said it already.
I'm more in love with her wearing a Witcher's medallion. Way to go, Ciri!
Remember these guys are target shooting, they don't use that much powder in the rounds. I have a buddy that shoots competitively and recoil is bad. The type of stuff he does is like full mag, hit 3 targets, change mag, another 3 targets, holster gun run to next target repeat, holster gun run back to start with all your gear (no dropped mags)
Very honestly saying this doesn't look like a gender based "`Men` Try To Teach Olympic Gold Medalist The Proper Way To Hold A Gun" thing, but more like a hey-i-know-how-most-guns-work-so-according-to-my-knowledge-or-the-guns-I've-worked-with-this-is-a-wildly-different-stance thing.
"she'll break her wrist the first time she shoots". Yeah, cause that's how the olympics works. They get a whole bunch of people who have never fired a gun but want to give it a go to come into the stadium and let them firea gun for the first time ever and see how it turns out.
The ignorance in this is epic. Those aren't even standard handguns. They're competition. And you aren't getting much recoil off them.... I could go on, but why bother?
Load More Replies... This person has reached the Olympic. Why are these arm chair quarterbacks expressing opinions on someone who has already proven themselves an effective shooter
Women aren't "supposed" to be able to shoot. Didn't you know?
Load More Replies... The article says, "Since she was little, she was interested in more masculine activities such as hunting, fishing, and shooting." There is nothing inherently masculine about any of these things. Unless you have to use your penis to operate a gun, fishing rod, or bow, there is no reason to gender these sports as masculine. The whole article is about how a woman is a gold medalist in a sport, and yet you assign the sport(s) to men. Come on now.
I was taken fishing first time when I was 4. I wasn't old enough to have a voice in the matter or if it was boy-girl stuff. We had to eat. I was gonna have to learn. Where I grew up, girls commonly drove tractors, hunted, fished, etc. Irks me when it's seen as "man stuff". I was a better pistol shot than my father, and did better at small game hunting by far.
Load More Replies... A one-handed vs two-handed grip is up to the person with the gun, and their purpose. OK? One-handed can, for many, lead to better accuracy; two-handed helps brace against recoil in rapid-fire. And, as a female, I've shot both ways, and never so much as sprained a wrist, so if these guys are limp-wristing when they try one-handed shooting, that's on them. (PS: Limp-wristing is a term I learned when taught to shoot 35 years ago, and refers to inability to grip pistol firmly, not anything else.) This is why you fire a revolver differently to a semi-auto in handguns. A lot of shooting fails result from improper form in holding the weapon. These folks hit the Olympic level. Methinks they know better than most.
Agreed. Different firearms require different techniques. I imagine most of the criticism of these Olympic level shooters comes from guys who own a single Glock 17 that goes to the range once every other year. This type of shooting is a completely different skill than say, cowboy action shooting bowling pins with a revolver. You don't drive a Jeep the same way you drive a Corvette.
Load More Replies... How about as a rule of thumb we just assume Olympians know how to do their sport better than we do. People just love to Monday morning quarterback.
Tacticool dorks is almost as good a name for them as ammosexuals
He wouldn't have dared say that about a man. He's just miffed because he probably couldn't hit the broad side of a barn from ten feet away. With a soccer ball.
I think that if women had made those comments, you wouldn't see articles complaining about "womansplaining". Why focus so much on their gender?
Load More Replies... So here's a crazy idea: maybe someone competing at the Olympics might have a slight idea what they're doing.
It's in the Olympic rules that the pistol shooter can only use one hand. Maybe the mansplainers should have looked into this first!
If women had made the comments, would the article have called it "womansplaining"? I doubt it.
Load More Replies... If you have seen just once shooting in the Olympics then you know that the rule is one hand to the gun and one to the pocket! You actually HAVE to have your other hand to the pocket!! But even if you don't know, you see that EVERYONE stands like this so it's not that difficult to get the concept!! It's not rocket science ffs
A classic case of mainsplaining, I would say. This dude would probably not have made this comment if the original image had been of a male Olympic athlete in the same shooting position.
I'm betting if a woman had made these comments about a male Olympian, we wouldn't be seeing articles claiming they were "womansplaining". So why the double standard here?
Load More Replies... hell I'm more fascinated by the fact she has a witcher medallion hanging from her belt
Considering firearms used in biathlon have the recoil of an air pistol...
Continuing on to say their stance is perfect for one-handed shooting, as I was taught, although I didn't get away with the "lean back", but everyone's got their comfort zone. I was taught by my dad, who was military, so he may have had his own quirks about that.
All i can think is I've got one hand in my pocket ant the other is shooting for a gold medal..
LOL! Today I am going away from this post from a grat expression: "Tacticool dork". Soo many applications!
She has gold medals so I think she knows what she's doing. And I shoot revolvers the same way because of thumb placement. You won't get cut from the chamber ejecting the round.
I heard that she won gold in the event. she'll break her wrist ? not sure about that :D
Is "Prof" an almighty misogynist gobshite? Wish I could get your up votes now. Mine would be a resounding YES
Was it really a meltdown? Is BP trying to stir up a conflict when there are none?
Competition shooting is nothing like hunting or sniping terrorists. Not even close. 55 year hunter here!
ahhahahah I commented on this photo and the mainsplaining before I saw this article!!! Shut up nathiel!
It looks as though maybe they HAVE to stand like that? The other two people are standing the same way...?
I'm curious how people would react if an author criticized women as a gender for their comments on twitter ("women try to womansplain to a male professional"). I'm betting that people would view the article as sexist, so why isn't the same standard held here?
I'd just be asking "What is it about this gun that allows this kind of stance?". I know very little about guns... just what is the layman's average casual easy-to-grab info. Guns have recoil. Buuut that's obviously not the end of it. Sooo ask, maybe? I do find the stance very interesting because it's different from everything 'out there' in the media - yet this person is obviously 'in the know' since they're AT THE OLYMPICS. So yeah, I'd be far more asking: "How? Please tell me how these tools are different from the others?" - seek knowledge.
Since she was little, she was interested in more masculine activities such as hunting, fishing, and shooting. Annnnnnd I will no longer continue reading this article F**k you whoever wrote this article .. what are you a hundred year old sexist old guy ????
Very much like reading anti-vaxxers de-bunk the world's leading virolologists on social media. 😄😄😄
Keep in mind, half of the population has average intelligence or less. This is a showcase of said stupidity.
I was about to make a comment about the male shooters doing the same thing. The last picture said it already.
I'm more in love with her wearing a Witcher's medallion. Way to go, Ciri!
Remember these guys are target shooting, they don't use that much powder in the rounds. I have a buddy that shoots competitively and recoil is bad. The type of stuff he does is like full mag, hit 3 targets, change mag, another 3 targets, holster gun run to next target repeat, holster gun run back to start with all your gear (no dropped mags)
Very honestly saying this doesn't look like a gender based "`Men` Try To Teach Olympic Gold Medalist The Proper Way To Hold A Gun" thing, but more like a hey-i-know-how-most-guns-work-so-according-to-my-knowledge-or-the-guns-I've-worked-with-this-is-a-wildly-different-stance thing.
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