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tb-av
08-06-16, 13:08
Womens 10 meter Air Rifle - Virginia Thrasher - USA - Gold

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/First-USA-Gold-Womens-Air-Rifle-Virginia-Thrasher-389369592.html
Jellybean
08-06-16, 13:30
Womens 10M Air Rifle- by a 19 year old kid.
#Merica. :cool:

http://westvirginia.247sports.com/Bolt/Mountaineer-Takes-Home-First-Gold-Medal-of-the-Olympics-46619717

Ok, so it's air rifle, and probably the most boring sport I've ever watched in the Olympics aside from...well... most of it, but there's a certain poetic'ness to this that I find pleasing, given current events.

(yeah, I just pulled a lefty and made it political. What can I say... I'm a fast learner. ;) )
Falar
08-06-16, 14:27
This is a sport where I think it doesn't make much sense for a men's/women's division.

Like to see us sweep all shooting events as the rest of the developed world continues to let their nuts retract into their pelvic region.
Bulletdog
08-06-16, 15:28
Great story. Thanks.
Moose-Knuckle
08-07-16, 05:08
https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8514/28789474526_880c95e1cd_b.jpg



https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8807/28744312261_26a013f0c2_b.jpg



And what does the left do . . .???

The First Olympic Gold Goes to an American Girl with a Gun. Then the Internet Brings the Hate.
http://tribunist.com/news/the-first-olympic-gold-goes-to-an-american-girl-with-a-gun-then-the-internet-goes-crazy/


Gold Medalist Laments controversy Over Gun Laws
http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/olympics/gold-medalist-laments-controversy-over-gun-laws/ar-BBvkcvF
The_War_Wagon
08-07-16, 05:55
Local gal, from just down the road - WVU student!


http://mediaweb.wpxi.com/photo/2016/08/06/ginny-gold-framed_20160807033035712_5610356_ver1.0_640_360.jpg
interfan
08-07-16, 12:47
I tried to watch the final on the NBC Olympics app but had to sit through three Hitlery commercials (the big tax hike one, the "you're a bad parent if you like Trump" one, and some other garbage). I get the whole "commercials" on the app, but political ads? Flat out offensive. F*** NBC.
Falar
08-07-16, 12:49
I tried to watch the final on the NBC Olympics app but had to sit through three Hitlery commercials (the big tax hike one, the "you're a bad parent if you like Trump" one, and some other garbage). I get the whole "commercials" on the app, but political ads? Flat out offensive. F*** NBC.

They can't miss an opportunity for something like this. Sporting events are prime times to air brainwash ads.
Lnxgeek
08-07-16, 14:26
The interviews say she got into shooting after getting her 1st deer.

Even better!

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nimdabew
08-07-16, 16:54
They can't miss an opportunity for something like this. Sporting events are prime times to air brainwash ads.

Money trumps all.
MountainRaven
08-07-16, 18:03
Money trumps all.

Yup. HRC has raised $130.4 million. Bernie Sanders $96.3 million.

DJT? $25.5 million (with about $1.5 million on hand - compared to HRC's $32.9 million). And $17.5 million of that was given by DJT - and is owed back to DJT by his campaign.

So expect to see lots of HRC ads. And very few DJT ads.

Source:
DJT (http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/campaigns/donald-trump.asp?cycle=16)
HRC (http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/campaigns/hillary_rodham_clinton_1.asp?cycle=16)
Feel the BERN (http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/campaigns/bernard-sanders.asp?cycle=16)
tb-av
08-07-16, 21:27
The interviews say she got into shooting after getting her 1st deer.

Even better!

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Yep, apparently her grandfather took her hunting and that was it. She's from Springfield VA.
tb-av
08-07-16, 21:31
Ok, so it's air rifle, and probably the most boring sport I've ever watched in the Olympics aside from...well... most of it,

Watch the reruns of the mens and womens bike road races. about the last 45 minutes. Both had two bad wrecks. Then leaders that escaped the pack... and .. I won't give away the rest. They were the two most exciting bike races I may have ever seen. The girl that crashed today, I actually thought she was dead. It took a long time before they said she was ok.
Big A
08-08-16, 17:02
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160808/f5a481f880087bfc3ef267b9754e7d8e.jpg

Perhaps if his beloved Queen hadn't confiscated all her peasants guns maybe the British women would have done better....