Tragic Last Shot

Bang!

A crisp gunshot rang out. Adam Holly looked at the monitor beside him, and it showed a score of 9.7 points.

It wasn't a good score; even claiming it was average would be barely believable. However, Holly was satisfied with the score, because it was the first shot of the last ten shots, and the main function of this shot was to mark the target, so a score below 10 wasn't considered bad. According to the way the Olympics calculated the score, getting 9.5 points with this shot would be considered an acceptable result.

After a few dozen seconds, all eight contestants had finished their first shot, and only one of them managed to get 10.2 points. The other contestants each had a score below 10. And Holly's main competitor, the curly haired youth named Prince, got a score of 9.6. He was behind Holly by 0.1 points.