By Alan Baldwin

LONDON (Reuters) - Never mind inspiring a generation, British Olympic shooting gold medallist Peter Wilson would be happy with inspiring just a handful to take up his sport.

By Patrick Johnston

LONDON (Reuters) - Shooting attracted record numbers of spectators at the London Olympics but the sport's desire to ditch the stigma of violence was blighted by gun killings in the United States that book-ended the event.

By Karolos Grohmann

LONDON (Reuters) - Frenchman Tony Estanguet, who won a third Olympic canoeing gold medal at the London Games, and Zimbabwe swimmer Kirsty Coventry will become International Olympic Committee members after being elected onto the athletes' commission on Saturday.

By Mark Trevelyan

LONDON (Reuters) - A series of Russian disappointments at the London Olympic Games have prompted a defensive response from sporting officials, the resignations of at least two coaches and a mock-epic poem lamenting the cruel vicissitudes of sport.

By Kate Kelland

LONDON (Reuters) - The expulsion of an American judo player from the London 2012 Olympic Games on Monday after he tested positive for marijuana prompted scientists to question the sense behind the drug's inclusion on the World Anti Doping Agency's (WADA) banned list.

By Patrick Johnston

LONDON (Reuters) - The wait for a three position gold medal goes on for American rifle shooter Matthew Emmons, but the man famed for losing the Olympic title after hitting the wrong target in Athens is getting closer.

By Patrick Johnston

LONDON (Reuters) - Croatian waiter Giovanni Cernogoraz overcame tears and Italy's Massimo Fabbrizi in a shootoff to win the men's trap on Monday to close the London Games shooting competition in dramatic fashion.

LONDON (Reuters) - Croatia's Giovanni Cernogoraz beat Italy's Massimo Fabbrizi in a shootoff to win the men's trap on Monday, the final shooting gold medal of the London Games.

Both men had finished locked on 146 targets out of 150 with Cernogoraz seen in tears after ensuring a medal.

By Patrick Johnston

LONDON (Reuters) - Italian Niccolo Campriani thrashed the field to win the men's 50 metres three position rifle gold medal at the London Games on Monday, his final event before he trades bullets for books and heads to university.

By Patrick Johnston

LONDON (Reuters) - Italian Niccolo Campriani thrashed the field to win the men's 50 metre three position rifle shooting event at the London Games on Monday as American Matthew Emmons endured another Olympic nightmare.

By Patrick Johnston

LONDON (Reuters) - South Korean shooter Jin Jong-oh apologised for breaking the heart of compatriot Choi Young-rae on Sunday by overcoming a huge deficit to retain the men's 50 metre pistol title for his second gold of the Games.

By Patrick Johnston

LONDON (Reuters) - South Korean Jin Jong-oh produced a stunning display to overturn a huge deficit on compatriot Choi Young-rae and retain the men's 50 metre pistol title on Sunday for his second gold of the Games.

By Belinda Goldsmith

LONDON (Reuters) - Ask archer Sherab Zam from the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan about the highlight of her Olympic experience and she has no doubts - meeting the queen.

By Patrick Johnston

LONDON (Reuters) - Italian policewoman Jessica Rossi came within inches of the first perfect performance in the women's trap on Saturday, smashing the world record in collecting the gold medal at the London Games.

By Patrick Johnston

LONDON (Reuters) - Italian Jessica Rossi broke the world record in winning the women's trap Olympic shooting gold medal on Saturday.

By Patrick Johnston

LONDON (Reuters) - Jamie Lynn Gray has relived her nightmare final shot that cost her a medal at the Beijing Games everyday since, but the U.S. shooter can rest easy now after sweeping to the 50 metre three position Olympic title on Saturday.

By Patrick Johnston

LONDON (Reuters) - American Jamie Lynn Gray swept to Olympic shooting gold in the women's 50 metre rifle three position on Saturday.