WVU's Mary Tucker ends first day of Olympic competition, set for two more events
By Joseph Smith
West Virginia standout rifle star Mary Tucker know what it’s like to win gold on quite the large stage -- over her collegiate rifle career at both WVU and Kentucky, she captured multiple NCAA Championships.
Tucker also knows what it’s like to taste a podium finish on the international stage, including at the Olympic Games -- at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she brought home a silver medal in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event, and she was a multi-event medalist at the 2022 World Championships.
Over the course of the next week, she’ll look to combine the two experiences and capture that illustrious gold medal finish as she began action in the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday and is scheduled to compete in multiple events throughout the next six days.
Tucker competed in Mixed Team Air Rifle on Saturday, with her and her partner managing just a 13th-place finish in the qualifying round, dashing her hopes of repeating as a medalist in the event this Olympic cycle.
Tucker still has a shot at solo gold though, with her remaining individual events starting Sunday and running through next Friday. All action is slated to take place at the Chateauroux Shooting Center in Paris, and the competition schedule for Tucker’s events is listed below. Fans can catch the Olympic action on NBC, as well as NBC streaming service Peacock.
Schedule:
Sunday, July 28, 3:15 a.m. ET: Women's Air Rifle Qualification
Monday, July 29, 3:30 a.m. ET: Women's Air Rifle Final
Thursday, August 1, 6 a.m. ET: Women's Rifle 3-Position Qualification
Friday, August 2, 3:30 a.m. ET: Women's Rifle 3-Position Final