Thrasher is a sophomore at West Virginia, living up to the Mountaineer mascot.
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Thrasher stood her ground against the two Chinese shooters in the medal eliminations, hitting nothing lower than 10.4.
Thrasher Virginia of the United States participates in the Women’s 10m Air Rifle Finals competition of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games at the Olympic Shooting Centre in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 6, 2016. IOC President Thomas Bach hung the medal around her neck. Top Brazilian women’s team Larissa and Talita play their first match in the morning session at 10 a.m., and 2008 men’s gold medalist Phil Dalhausser makes his Rio debut with new partner Nick Lucena at 4:30 p.m.
Forget the fact that it’s the same butt plate she competed with in getting seventh at the London Games and the same butt plate that passed equipment check two days earlier. Van Avermaet won the gold medal. She was one point ahead of Du Li, who won a gold medal in 2004. Thrasher took first place with 208 points, Du Li from China took second with 207 points, and third place when to Yi Siling from China with 185.4 points.
Like every Olympic champion, Thrasher says, “This is beyond my wildest dreams”.
“When I was in eighth grade my grandfather took me hunting”, she said.
The American, a Springfield, Va., native, was one of eight competitors to emerge from the 50-woman qualification round.
Said Thrasher: “I had some distracting thoughts about the medals (midway through), but I just breathed through it and concentrated on shooting the best that I could”.
US won the silver in the men’s archery event, as well as three swimming events.
Men’s archery team won silver today.
According to KSDK 5, Thrasher told the media post-win, “Some of the (controversy surrounding) gun laws in America is just distracting from our sport, which is very different”.
The United States took three silvers in the pool.
Carli Lloyd scored the lone goal for the Americans.
Solo became the first goalkeeper, male or female, to reach the 200th-cap mark in global play.
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History will be made as USA team member Ibtihaj Muhammad becomes the first American to compete in the Olympics wearing a hijab.
