Kim Rhode Does It Again…
Posted on April 20, 2010 by Natalie in Lady Shooters, News
When I went skeet and trap shooting with Kim Rhode two weeks ago I had no idea who I was dealing with! I’m pulling the “newbie” card on that one since everyone else seems to have a keen awareness of Kim’s generally awesome, generous, championship-winning nature. Just found this article about her thanks to our friend Julie Goloski:
Rhode Equals World Record, Wins 2010 ISSF World Cup in Beijing
Courtesy Tom Mills of The Outdoor Wire.
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Beijing, China – America’s four-time-Olympic medalist Kim Rhode has taken one more powerful step toward realizing her Olympic dream of making history in the 2012 London Olympic Games. Rhode won the Gold Medal and equaled the existing world record at the 2010 ISSF World Cup in Beijing, China. Chinese shooters Shi Hong Yan and Wei Ning were the silver and bronze medalists.
Rhode returned to the scene of her historic silver-medal-winning performance and was nearly perfect throughout the competition. By shooting a 74 of 75 targets in the first three rounds and a final round of 24, Rhode won this competition by two targets and Rhode has earned more valuable points in her quest to again represent the United States in the 2012 London Games.
If Rhode does participate in these upcoming Games and if she does earn one more medal, she will become the first American Olympian in history from an individual sport to have earned medals in five consecutive Olympic Games, a feat that has taken her 20 years to complete.
USA teammates Amber English and Jaiden Grinnell finished in ninth and eleventh place with scores of 69 and 68, respectively.
Rhode was very pleased with her performance and the fact that she flirted with setting a new world record. “This is an exciting time for me. I was hoping to get a 99 but is just was not meant to be,” observed Rhode.
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