Bonus Podcast: Olympian Kim Rhode
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🗓️ 30 July 2012
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Tom talks with U.S. Olympic Shooting Team member Kim Rhode, fresh off her win at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
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| 0:00.0 | I now you probably know that yesterday that is Sunday Kim Rody US |
| 0:07.3 | shooter in the Olympics won gold now I played on the show yesterday a clip from an interview we did with Kim a couple of months ago where she was saying |
| 0:18.2 | Kim shoots in the women's skeet event and she was saying you know in this game it's so tough usually you win or |
| 0:24.6 | you lose by one target she said it's funny she said it's very rare that anybody |
| 0:29.1 | wins by seven or eight well the conditions were really rough over there. It was raining, |
| 0:34.0 | the wind was blowing, the clouds kept coming by and they were sunlight and |
| 0:39.2 | clouds, sunlight and cloud, very difficult to see the targets. The targets are bouncing around in the wind. |
| 0:44.4 | So what does Kim Rody do? |
| 0:47.4 | She simply crushes the competition. |
| 0:51.2 | She posted an Olympic record 99 out of 100 and the next best competitor, |
| 0:59.4 | the woman who took the silver shot in 91. So it may be rare to win by 7 or 8, but when you're Kim |
| 1:06.0 | Rode and you're taking gold, you win by 8. Now this is a great record because what it |
| 1:12.3 | means is that she is the only American to |
| 1:17.0 | win or to medal in an individual event in five consecutive Olympic Games. |
| 1:26.3 | So I was able to catch up with Kim on the phone |
| 1:28.7 | from London just a few minutes ago. |
| 1:31.2 | So Kim Rodey coming up in 30 seconds. The |
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| 1:54.0 | For more go to Springfield armory.com. |
| 1:57.0 | That's Springfield armory.com. |
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