Word: schumann
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...Ralf Schumann. A mild-tempered and obviously sharp-eyed man of 38, he was born in the former East Germany, where he took up pistol shooting at age 15. The pistol has since become an extension of his right arm, and rapid-fire shooting at 25 m his life. He fires 20,000 shots a year--all in training for a competition that lasts no longer than...
...thrill of those 72 seconds is the challenge of technical perfection," Schumann says. Shooting is not about the one perfect shot but about the perfect copy of the perfect shot 60 times, aiming for the maximum of 600 rings. The world record, set by Schumann in 1995, is 597, a figure that has been equaled--by him. Shooters are "mistake collectors," he explains. "Every hit besides the bull's eye is irretrievably lost...
Murray Perahia, the reigning poet of classical piano, first made a name for himself in the '70s with his chaste, sensitive interpretations of Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann and Chopin. But Perahia didn't bond with the Baroque genius of Johann Sebastian Bach until an injury to his right thumb forced him off the concert stage for five nerve-racking years. "I needed it spiritually," he explains...