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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: MikeBjerum on July 29, 2012, 09:01:09 AM
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Received this email from National Shooting Sports Foundation this morning:
U.S. skeet shooter Kim Rhode makes history! GOLD! First American to win 5 medals in 5 consecutive Olympics. Rhode shot a finals 25 for 99/100 on the day to shatter the previous Olympic finals record (prelims + finals) of 93. You can watch the TV replay of the Women's Skeet final at 1:30 p.m. Eastern on NBC Sports Network. Congrats to Kim and USA Shooting from all of your friends at NSSF!
Her Olympic Record:
1996: Gold - Double Trap
2000: Bronze - Double Trap
2004: Gold - Double Trap
2008: Silver - Skeet
2012: Gold - Skeet
From Wikipedia:
Kimberly "Kim" Susan Rhode (July 16, 1979[1]) is an American double trap and skeet shooter. A California native, she is a two-time Olympic gold medal winner and six-time national champion in double trap. She was the youngest member of the U.S. Olympic team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Most recently she won a silver medal in skeet shooting at the 2008 Summer Games.[2] Born in Whittier, California,[1] Rhode began sport hunting at an early age, traveling on African safaris by the age of 12. At 13, she won her first world championship title in women's double trap shooting. Rhode won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Games, making her the youngest female gold medalist in the history of Olympic shooting. She later won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Rhode also won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
After double trap shooting was eliminated from the Olympic games, she has concentrated on skeet. At the 2007 world cup competitions in Santo Domingo, she set a new final world record in this event with 98 hits (73 in the qualification round and a perfect 25 in the final). She went on to win the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in women's skeet.
Rhode is co-host of the Outdoor Channel's TV program Step Outside.[3] Rhode studied veterinary medicine at Cal Poly Pomona university.[4]
On September 11, 2008, Rhode's competition shotgun was stolen from her pickup; she had been using it in competition for eighteen years.[5] The gun was returned to her in January 2009 after it was discovered during an unrelated search of a parolee's home; the parolee was charged with possession of stolen property.[6]
On July 28th at the 2012 London Olympics, Kim won the Gold Medal in Skeet shooting, with an Olympic record score of 99. This also tied the world record in this event. With this medal, Kim became the only American athlete to ever win medals in five consecutive Olympics.
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Ya beat me to it m58!!!!!
Congratulations Kim Rhode!!!!!!
(http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm182/twyacht/072912-Rhode-Paved-With-Gold-SW-PI_2012072909375521_660_320.jpg)
You Go Girl!!!!!
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WOW!!! You'll never hear about her on the news.
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WOW!!! You'll never hear about her on the news.
You have that right!
U.S. Olympian sets a U.S. record, and NBC has dropped their planned replay of the event, I have not heard anything about it on NBC Sports when they give their recaps of the day and week, and in checking three daily papers there is no mention of it.
A thirty-three year old athlete winning their fifth medal (third gold) in her fifth Olympic Games, and this is not newsworthy. A medal in each of five consecutive Olympic Games, and the main stream media manages to ignore it.
I don't want to take away from what Kim has done, but how about a push to get IPSC into the Olympics. IPSC has more to do with the historic purpose of the games, and being an international organization there are competitors from nearly every nation in the world.
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US Media refuse to cover Olympic shooting events because they show guns in a favorable light.
That has been network policy since at least the Clinton years.
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Actually NBC did give some air time today to Kim. Including showing her final couple of shots and a studio interview then they closed this afternoon's broadcast with Kim receiving her gold and her crying during the SSB.
They couldn't totally ignore this accomplishment.
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Its also not popular.
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Its also not popular.
Neither is a lot of the other crap they show!
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ESPN has been covering the results of the Olympics and has shown the results of all the events so far...even shooting.
FWIW
Richard
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Its also not popular.
I beg to differ TAB, during the winter games the Alpine event, where cross-country skiing "and" rifle shooting at targets during various stages is very popular Internationally.
These summer events have 17 nations competing.....in the trap event.
We (The U.S.) just happen to be really exceptional.
But the MSM, buries it on the back up channel, MSNBC, at the 2:00 a.m. coverage to say they "covered" it....
Have you seen the ping pong finals???? That is no joke for an event.... ::)
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You know, back in the 60's and 70's we got five channels, you could turn on the network covering the Olympics, and you could see a lot of coverage and every result. Today we have 300 channels with seven of them covering the Olympics, and we still need to go online to get info and that changes constantly.
Who said technology would make things better?
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I beg to differ TAB, during the winter games the Alpine event, where cross-country skiing "and" rifle shooting at targets during various stages is very popular Internationally.
These summer events have 17 nations competing.....in the trap event.
We (The U.S.) just happen to be really exceptional.
But the MSM, buries it on the back up channel, MSNBC, at the 2:00 a.m. coverage to say they "covered" it....
Have you seen the ping pong finals???? That is no joke for an event.... ::)
Have you found yourself watching handball yet? It was on when I tuned in the other day, and I had no idea what it was even after they told me it was handball. I've never heard of it before!
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We played a game as kids with a racquetball thrown against a three sided wall called "butt's up" that was similar....
;D
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Covering her right now on NBC. Central time.
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We played a game as kids with a racquetball thrown against a three sided wall called "butt's up" that was similar....
;D
That is the handball I was expecting. This game they are playing is a mix between basketball and soccer ???
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Covering her right now on NBC. Central time.
Which station ???
My local NBC is the only one covering, and it is swimming ???
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Which station ???
My local NBC is the only one covering, and it is swimming ???
The main NBC channel. It looked like it was going to be a couple minutes worth of interview (not the actual event), but it was already off about the time I finished posting. Sorry, for getting your hopes up. TAB and mountain timers can still watch it when they catch up.
That is the handball I was expecting. This game they are playing is a mix between basketball and soccer ???
It's one of only a few events the USA has never won a medal in. Ping pong and another one (badminton?) or 2 in the summer.
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Here is an interview article shared by Julie Golob:
]http://aol.sportingnews.com/olympics/story/2012-07-29/olympics-2012-kim-rhode-skeet-shooting-greatest-us-olympians-medal-count?fb_action_ids=4485646946108&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map={%224485646946108%22%3A10151059402472010}&action_type_map={%224485646946108%22%3A%22og.likes%22}&action_ref_map=[] (http://aol.sportingnews.com/olympics/story/2012-07-29/olympics-2012-kim-rhode-skeet-shooting-greatest-us-olympians-medal-count?fb_action_ids=4485646946108&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map={%224485646946108%22%3A10151059402472010}&action_type_map={%224485646946108%22%3A%22og.likes%22}&action_ref_map=[)
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If you have ever seen a high level table tennis match you would be amazed.
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They did a complete interview with Kim this morning on the Today show.
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What Tim said. They did a segment with Kim on the Today show. Not only does she do well on the range, but she more than holds her own in an interview.
That said, neither Tim (I'd guess) nor I are defending or promoting NBC, but they have given Kim coverage. It's news, she's cute and handles herself well on camera. Otherwise, yes I believe they MSM would try to ignore positive news about firearms, especially since they're trying to whip up support for gun control at this time.
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What Tim said. They did a segment with Kim on the Today show. Not only does she do well on the range, but she more than holds her own in an interview.
That said, neither Tim (I'd guess) nor I are defending or promoting NBC, but they have given Kim coverage. It's news, she's cute and handles herself well on camera. Otherwise, yes I believe they MSM would try to ignore positive news about firearms, especially since they're trying to whip up support for gun control at this time.
I'd agree ^^^^^^
I liked her analogy for skeet and trap shooters. You don't think about putting one foot in front of the other when you're walking and that's what skeet and trap shooters try and achieve. Actions without thought!
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That is the handball I was expecting. This game they are playing is a mix between basketball and soccer ???
Handball is a blast. I played it in college for a while. When I retired from rugby, I wanted to start playing again, but there just aren't any teams around. That explains why the US is so horrible at it.
But the MSM, buries it on the back up channel, MSNBC, at the 2:00 a.m. coverage to say they "covered" it....
To be fair, they also buried my sport of choice, weightlifting. While it's hugely popular around the world, the US is rarely a medal contender due to their strict drug testing. There's only one man and two women from the US who qualified for this year's Olympics. While the US regularly tests their weightlifters during the off season, other countries turn a blind eye to it, leaving the American team at a serious disadvantage.
The US lost their only real shot at a weighlifting medal when Pat Mendes got busted 3 months ago and handed a 2 year ban.
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NBC screwed me again >:(
Last night I went to the NBC website, entered my zip code and provider, and they gave me the listings of what they are showing on all their stations.
I took an early lunch today so I could watch shooting. Guess what? More F'n equestrian!!! I checked every station to see if they moved it, but no.
Archery in three hours supposedly. Don't know if I'll be able to watch, but you can bet that I'll check just to raise my blood pressure.
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It was listed here at 12:45 to 1:15 on NBC Sports Network that I don't get. I don't know if they actually had it televised at the time or not. They shoot in any weather as far as I know. Seems very little coverage for what they have scheduled.
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That's what they had listed for here (11:45 - 12:15 central). Very little is even worse when it turns to none!
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I just take it for granted I'm at the mercy of the broadcaster on this. If they're showing something I want to watch, when I have time for it, great. I don't get my heart set on being able to watch any particular sport.
Otherwise, I have 50 episodes of The Mentalist, 10 of Alphas, 5 of Warehouse 13 and a dozen Jeapordy's recorded. (No gun shows cause I've already watched all of them.)
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http://www.london2012.com/shooting/index.html
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Not shooting, but congrats to marty malloy on her bronze in judo.
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Anti gun dipstick Piers Morgan of CNN, interviewed Kim and didn't even mention her gold medal once,....just berated her about the Aurora theater shooting, and gun control...
Asshat.
http://piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/30/kim-rhode-on-gun-control-olympic-shooting-the-sport-is-about-responsibility-discipline-focus-thats-really-what-we-represent-here/?hpt=pm_mid
She was more professional than clowny....