射擊－1896年成為奧運會項目

　　Olympic history abounds with tales of athletes who overcame crippling adversity to win gold medals, but Karoly Takacs' comeback may be the best. Takacs was part of Hungary's world-champion pistol-shooting team in 1938 when an army grenade exploded in his right hand. Ten years later, he won the first two golds in rapid-fire pistol - after teaching himself to shoot left-handed.

　　奧運史冊記載了眾多運動員歷經磨難，頑強拼搏，最終奪取奧運金牌的事跡。然而在這些數不勝數的感人故事中，卡樂里·塔卡克斯（Karoly Takacs）的歸來也許應算是最耐人尋味的。在1938年的世界射擊錦標賽上，塔卡克斯用右手射擊，幫助他所代表的匈牙利國家隊贏得了世界射擊錦標賽的手槍團體金牌。 但是在比賽后不久爆發的戰爭中，一枚手榴彈殘忍地奪去了他的右手。可就在人們為塔卡克斯感到惋惜、認為他再也不可能重返賽場時，因傷闊別賽場10年的塔卡克斯通過自學左手射擊，用左手首次奪得了兩塊奧運速射手槍射擊金牌。

　　In a sport where the bullseye looks about the size of the full stop at the end of this sentence, a sport where shooters compete amid a cacophony of noise and still concentrate on firing between heartbeats, Takacs' achievement tests the imagination.

　　在一種充滿各種刺耳噪音且靶心看上去只有句號大小的體育運動中，射擊選手們仍能聚精會神地專注于在每次心跳瞬間彎曲手指、叩響扳機。塔卡克斯的成功超出了人們的想象。

　　From just three shooting events at the 1896 Olympic Games to 17 today, the sport has grown steadily. In part this leap can be ascribed to advances in the technology of firearms and equipment, which have led to constant changes in the shooting competition. But it can also be ascribed to the passion shooters have for their sport.

　　從1896年奧運會射擊比賽的僅僅3個項目，到如今的17個項目，射擊運動的發展是穩健踏實的。人們認為先進的槍械和裝備制作技術是促成這種飛躍的部分原因。的確，伴隨著這些技術，射擊競賽不斷地變化著。然而，選手們對射擊運動的激情也推動了其快速發展。