CHATEAUROUX, France (AP) — A spinal injury ended Adriana Ruano's chances of competing at the Olympics as a gymnast. She came back as a shooter and won Guatemala's first gold medal on Wednesday.

Adriana only found her way to the sport after the heartbreak of knowing she could no longer compete in her first love, ...

From artistic gymnast to reluctant shooter, from Olympic volunteer to Olympic champion –Adriana Ruano Oliva recounts her ...

It was the first Olympic medal of any kind for Arunovic, who is the world record holder in the individual 10-meter air pistol but had a history of near-misses at the Games. She placed fourth in 25 ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Hundreds of Guatemalans received the first ever Olympic gold medalist and delegation of athletes after their ...

(ATR) The way is cleared for new flexibility to add or remove sports from the program of the Summer Olympics after a unanimous vote at the IOC Session in Guatemala City. The changes approved call ...

Guatemala's Adriana Ruano won gold in the event, marking the first time the country has won gold in any sport at the Olympics. Italy's Silvana Stanco claimed silver at the Chateauroux Shooting Center ...

As far as sporting fairytales go, Adriana Ruano’s journey presents itself as a blockbuster. A promising gymnastics career ...

Total of 206 nations will participate in the 2016 Rio Olympics among these India as well. Brazil being a host nation automatically qualified for the Games. This year’s Olympic Games will see two ...

(ATR) (ATR) Austrian Prime Minister Alfred Gusenbauer is the first of three heads of state to arrive in Guatemala ahead of the IOC vote for the host of the 2014 Winter Olympics. He’ll be joined ...