UIT

Japanese: UIT
UIT

…The beginning of modern international shooting sports was the first World Shooting Championships (with five countries participating) held in Lyon, France in 1897, and since then, the number of participating countries in the Olympics has been the second largest after track and field. The Union International des Federation, the predecessor of the current International Shooting Union (abbreviated as UIT), was founded in Zurich in 1907 as the international organization governing shooting sports, and became the parent organization of modern shooting sports. In Switzerland, an organized association was established in 1824, in Germany in 1861, and in France in 1870-1871. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "UIT" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…国際的な近代射撃競技の出発は1897年フランスのリヨンで開催された第1回世界射撃選手権大会(5ヵ国参加)で,以後オリンピックでは陸上競技に次ぐ多くの参加国がある。 射撃競技を統轄する国際組織として,現在の国際射撃連合Union International de Tir(略称UIT)の前身となるUnion International des Federationが1907年チューリヒで創立され,近代射撃競技の母体となった。また,スイスでは1824年に組織的な協会がスタートし,ドイツでは61年,フランスでは70‐71年に協会が設立されている。…

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