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Congrats to Corey. it is a big accomplishment to win a medal at the Olympic games for any event. I am not sure who has tried trap shooting but it is a blast!! I can only imagine how talented she is to get the Bronze medal. Cant imagine them speeding the targets up that much and coming at crazy angles...must be extremely difficult
Come to think of it I was a whiz at Nintendo track and field trap shooting so I probably would do OK in the Olympics as well.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...wife-wins-bronze-olympics-20160807-story.html
Corey Cogdell-Unrein, the wife of Bears lineman Mitch Unrein, won the bronze medal in women's trap shooting Sunday.
Competing against Spain's Fatima Galvez, the two finished the 15-target round tied with 13 each. In the shoot-off, Cogdell-Unrein won, claiming her second Olympic bronze.
"You can't compare an Olympic shootoff to any other," she said in Rio late Sunday. "The pressure is unlike anything. You want it so bad."
This is Cogdell-Unrein's third Olympic games, but Unrein, a defensive end in his second season with the Bears, was unable to get away from training camp to join her in Rio and see her in the Olympics for the first time.
The Bears open their preseason schedule Thursday against the Broncos at Soldier Field.
At Saturday night's Bears Family Fest at Soldier Field, many of the Bears wore "Team Unrein" T-shirts that also showed the Olympic flag. Cogdell-Unrein later Tweeted: "Thank you @ChicagoBears and @RobbieGould09 for your support! So awesome!"
Cogdell-Unrein, from Eagle River, Alaska, won the bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. She placed 11th in London four years ago.
Australia's Catherine Skinner won the gold, edging New Zealand Natalie Rooney in the final, 12-11.
Cogdell-Unrein and Unrein, who met on a blind date the day before Super Bowl XLV in 2011, enjoy hunting together, but football generally prevents Unrein from joining his wife in her pursuit of elk and deer. They try to arrange waterfowl hunting trips during the bye week each season.
"I am pretty proficient," Unrein said of his accuracy. "I can't even put it into words (how his wife shoots). You go out there and watch the Olympic shooters, and you're like, 'Oh, I can do that.' Then you step on the line with the shotgun in your hand, and you call for the target. It is so fast. Normal American trap goes 35 to 40 mph. When they shoot, the angles are more severe, and they go 60 to 80 mph."
Come to think of it I was a whiz at Nintendo track and field trap shooting so I probably would do OK in the Olympics as well.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...wife-wins-bronze-olympics-20160807-story.html
Corey Cogdell-Unrein, the wife of Bears lineman Mitch Unrein, won the bronze medal in women's trap shooting Sunday.
Competing against Spain's Fatima Galvez, the two finished the 15-target round tied with 13 each. In the shoot-off, Cogdell-Unrein won, claiming her second Olympic bronze.
"You can't compare an Olympic shootoff to any other," she said in Rio late Sunday. "The pressure is unlike anything. You want it so bad."
This is Cogdell-Unrein's third Olympic games, but Unrein, a defensive end in his second season with the Bears, was unable to get away from training camp to join her in Rio and see her in the Olympics for the first time.
The Bears open their preseason schedule Thursday against the Broncos at Soldier Field.
At Saturday night's Bears Family Fest at Soldier Field, many of the Bears wore "Team Unrein" T-shirts that also showed the Olympic flag. Cogdell-Unrein later Tweeted: "Thank you @ChicagoBears and @RobbieGould09 for your support! So awesome!"
Cogdell-Unrein, from Eagle River, Alaska, won the bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. She placed 11th in London four years ago.
Australia's Catherine Skinner won the gold, edging New Zealand Natalie Rooney in the final, 12-11.
Cogdell-Unrein and Unrein, who met on a blind date the day before Super Bowl XLV in 2011, enjoy hunting together, but football generally prevents Unrein from joining his wife in her pursuit of elk and deer. They try to arrange waterfowl hunting trips during the bye week each season.
"I am pretty proficient," Unrein said of his accuracy. "I can't even put it into words (how his wife shoots). You go out there and watch the Olympic shooters, and you're like, 'Oh, I can do that.' Then you step on the line with the shotgun in your hand, and you call for the target. It is so fast. Normal American trap goes 35 to 40 mph. When they shoot, the angles are more severe, and they go 60 to 80 mph."
