The US Virginia Thrasher, 19, won the first gold of the Rio 2016 this Saturday in Carbine 10m target shooting. She beat out the Chinese Du Li. The bronze went to China's Yi Siling also.
Virginia Thrasher had never won an Olympic medal and won right away the Chinese Du Li, a favorite of the race. The Chinese athlete had beaten the Olympic record in the 10m rifle qualifiers with the 420.7 mark.
"Today, I just wanted to do the best I could, and I am very happy with my result," said the young champion. "It was pretty tense, my heart was racing, but I would not change it. I would like to thank my family and coaches for supporting me a lot," he added.
In the same race, the Brazilian Rosane Budag finished in 50th place in qualifying and was eliminated as the penultimate place (50th).
Rosane, who is also the girlfriend shooter Felipe Wu, who will compete in this Saturday afternoon (06), started very badly his race, which dropped in the ranking shortly after his first attempt.
"It was my worst competition, I was never so bad I was nervous, heartbeat was high, I could not download I lost a lot of time trying to reduce the rate, so my second series was horrible After that second set I thought...:
'Goodbye, Olympic Games'. From the third grade on I was more laid back and did my series, "he said after the race. She will compete in the race three position 50m on Wednesday, the 11th.
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