Georgian shooter now the first 10-time female Olympian

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Georgian shooter now the first 10-time female Olympian

Georgian shooter Nino Salukvadze has become the first woman to compete at 10 Olympic Games in a career which began with her representing the ******* Union.

Salukvadze has competed at every Summer Olympics since 1988 – when she won gold as a 19-year-old ******* prodigy.

She set her latest record when she stepped into the ********* range for qualification in the women’s 10m air ******* on Saturday.

Salukvadze placed 38th and didn’t advance to Sunday’s eight-shooter final, but she gets another shot at a medal on Friday in qualification for the 25m ******* event.

In a career spanning five decades, Salukvadze has competed on three different Olympic teams – first with the ******* Union in 1988, then the Unified Team which was organized for ex-******* athletes in Barcelona in 1992 after the ******* Union collapsed.

For the last eight Summer Olympics, the 55-year-old has represented her home country of Georgia following its independence.

Salukvadze was in the spotlight again in 2008, when Russia fought a brief war with Georgia during the Beijing Olympics.

Salukvadze won bronze and embraced Russian silver medalist Natalia Paderina on the podium in what was widely seen as a gesture for peace.

“Why did this gesture surprise everyone? We are athletes, there is no conflict between us,” she said at the time.

In 2016, Salukvadze and her son Tsotne Machavariani, who’s also a ******* shooter, became the first mother-and-son duo in Olympic history to compete at the same Games.

Salukvadze had considered retiring after the last Summer Olympics in Tokyo three years ago but was persuaded to continue by her father and coach Vakhtang, who ***** this year.

Salukvadze already had the record for most Olympic appearances by a female athlete and is now tied with ********* showjumper Ian Millar for the most of any athlete.

Salukvadze is the only Olympian to compete at 10 Summer Games in a row, unlike Millar, whose appearances weren’t consecutive because Canada boycotted the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.

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