The gold-medal winning shooter has had to overcome thyroid cancer,hitting the incorrect target and a new home country as he pursues glory in Rio this summer“silly story,” says Matt Emmons.“silly” is relative. He may be telling the story of his first Olympics in 2004, and in which he won a gold medal with a borrowed rifle after his was sabotaged,made a catastrophic blunder to miss out on a moment medal, then met his wife. Or maybe the story of making an error on his final shot at two Olympics. Or winning his third Olympic medal in 2012. Or being diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2010.
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Source: theguardian.com