Kim Rhode, the most decorated American shooter, has picked up another medal to add to her already impressive collection.
Cainero, Rhode and Germany’s Christine Brinker were tied with 93 points each, an Olympic record, after the final round of the women’s skeet. The Italian won the shoot-off for gold in the rainy conditions, hitting both skeets while Rhode and Brinker hit 1-of-2.
Rhode then hit both targets in the second shoot-off to pick up silver and Brinker settled for third after connecting on just 1-of-2 skeets.
Congrats to Kim – it’s nice after the initial events to see US shooters picking up medals, first Glenn Eller won double trap, and now Kim picks up a silver in women’s skeet.
As a side note, I did not know that the word for the clays was actually “skeets” – I always just called them “clays” or “birds”. The more you know, I suppose.
