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Kim 1st lady to win medal at 6 straight Olympics

US shooter Kim Rhode became the first female Olympian to win medals at six straight Olympics, after a bronze-medal finish in the women's skeet shooting event. 
•    She also became the first person to win Olympic medals on five continents. 
•    Rhode won her first Olympic medal in 1996, which had made her youngest female gold medalist in Olympic shooting.
•    Her bronze in women’s skeet at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games marked the fifth continent on which Rhode has won a medal. 
•    She defeated Meng Wei of China 7-6 in a shoot-off in the bronze-medal match after both hit 15 of 16 targets.
•    Reigning world champion Morgan Craft of Team USA finished fifth in her first Olympic Games, losing in the shoot-off for the bronze-medal match when she missed her last clay out of four. 
•    Diana Bacosi of Italy defeated teammate and training partner Chiara Cainero 15-14 for the gold.
 

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