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2015 West Springfield High School graduate Ginny Thrasher, now a rising sophomore on the varsity rifle team at West Virginia University, has qualified to represent the United States in the Rio Olympic Games in two firearm events: women’s air rifle and small bore.

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She’s not worried about hitting the bowl. Just striking the one-to-two-inch air rifle target from ten meters won’t win you a medal. It’s not even the middle ring, the size of a pencil eraser, that Springfield resident Ginny Thrasher is fixated on. It’s the dot in the center of that. Ten points.

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