While it’s already pretty wonderful that she won the first gold medal for Team USA at the Olympics, what’s even more awesome?
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In what impressively is her first Olympic, Thrasher established an early lead after battling with the Russian shooter, Daria Vdovina, who had problems midway through the competition and finished fifth. She is one of 10 Mountaineers competing at this, the games of the 31st Olympiad. She was two points from the win four times but could not close out Flipkens, who is ranked 62nd and only once reached the semifinals of a major tournament. She had a press conference with worldwide reporters and a live television interview with sportscaster Dan Patrick. The swimmer now has more than twice as many gold medals as anyone that’s ever competed in the Summer Olympics. “I mean I’m just so happy right now and I still really can’t put it to words”, said King.
After a day off due to gusty winds, Olympic rowers got back in their boats with the USA women’s eight making a strong debut in Rio. The Americans posted a score of 270.405 to move ahead of reigning world champion Japan, which had 269.294 points. But to the liberal trolls, it didn’t matter that the sport involves pellets propelled by air.
“It looks like a gun from outer space”, Thrasher conceded. But liberals were not impressed with the underdog victory for the native of Springfield, Virginia – and the nation – with many rushing to social media to bash the United States and cry-out for more gun control. In March, the WVU Honors College student became the first freshman in NCAA history to sweep the individual titles with wins in smallbore and air rifle at the 2016 NCAA Championships, where WVU also claimed its fourth straight and 18th overall national championships.
Thrasher only entered the Olympic trials with the goal of doing her best, not making the Olympic team.
Ginny was born in Rome, New York and her dad, Roger, is in the military. Thrasher also is a three-time state champion in smallbore rifle in the state of Virginia.
The United States continued to rack up the medals on Monday.
As she continues to develop and hone her skills, she will grow into more global spotlight. Not bad for a young girl who did not start shooting until just a few years ago. However, in a sport that’s not totally physically demanding, Thrasher thrives in that setting.
China added a gold medal on Tuesday when the diving team won the women’s synchronized 10-meter platform. It’s not that hard.
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Uchimura racked up a massive bill for playing Pokemon Go in the Olympic village and fell from the high bar in preliminary qualifying on Saturday on what has so far been an eventful Games for the 27-year-old.
