19yr old Ginny Thrasher wins USA's first Gold!!

[butchlambert]

I met Ginny last fall when in Morgantown to watch my Grandson play football. Jon Hammond, WVU rifle coach, invited me to their indoor range. He is a very nice young man. Ginny was practicing at the time as well as Will Anti. Will's Dad, Mike, is a rifle coach at the Air Force Academy and a former WVU All American, with a Silver in the Greek Olympics. WVU has a great group of shooters returning to defend their NCAA Championship.
This past year, Ginny as a new freshman won both the air rifle and small bore individual NCAA Championship.
Very proud of her.

 

[Eric Leonard]

thats nerves of steel right there,,,USA USA USA!!!!!!!!!

 

[snert]

Awesome!

 

[Tommie]

19 years old and she beats all the competition. Amazing.

 

[js2013]

Outstanding! That's a lot of poise for a 19 yr old!

 

[hpshooter]

"Awesome!" The end result of hours of quality practice supervised by great coaches, the ability to concentrate entirely on the task at hand and an overwhelming desire to win along with intense physical conditioning and the ability to visualize success. (In addition to supportive parents)

Exceptional athletes that, unfortunately, go unrecognized and even scorned by a large segment of society.

 

[joshb]

That's great! They just replayed her medal ceremony on the tube. Maybe the Libs will learn something?

 

[GotRDid]

Anyone share a link?
Need to post on other Forums.
GotRDid.

 

[GotRDid]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/olympics...ppable-student-claims-first-gold-of-rio-2016/

GotRDid.

 

[Uthink Uknow]

Okay, I read all about it on a British News link.

 

[nmkid]

Great for her!! No doubt the hard work paid off.

 

[squint-n-squeeze]

Is there any place to watch the shooting competitions online, after the fact? Looks like a few people have tried to post them to YouTube and the're getting taken down.

 

[butchlambert]

I don't know about Olympic shooting, but I watch the WVU shooting on an online stream.