Posted August 25, 2016 4:25 pm by Comments

By Justin Stakes

Kim Rhode and her son Carter shortly after winning

Six consecutive Olympic Medal finishes

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Sedro Woolley, WA -(AmmoLand.com)- TruckVault Pro and USA Shooting Team Member Kim Rhode became the second Olympian to medal at six consecutive Olympic Games with a Bronze Medal in Women’s Skeet at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Rhode’s Bronze-Medal match ended in a shoot-off between Rhode and China’s Wei Meng.

Rhode arrived at the 2016 Olympic Games as a five-time Olympic medalist and the defending Gold Medal winner for Women’s Skeet. With her Bronze Medal in Rio de Janeiro, Rhode became the first U.S. Olympian to medal at six consecutive Olympic Games in an individual sport. She also became the first U.S. Olympian to compete on five different continents and joined Italian luger, Armin Zögger, as the only Olympians to medal at six consecutive games.

“It was never part of my plan to make the history books,” said Rhode. “I was simply trying my best at every event and every practice and this achievement is a result of that.”

Rhode scored 72 points in the qualifying match next to China’s Meng who scored 73. Rhode secured her chance at the Bronze Medal during the semi-final match where she lost …Read the Rest

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