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Olympian to Shoot in London While 8 Months Pregnant
By Phil Bourjaily
While I am rooting for team U.S.A.’s shooters at the Olympics just like the rest of you, it’s hard not to hope there is also a spot on the medal stand for Malaysia’s Nur Suryani Mohamed Taibi.
She isn’t just the first woman ever to represent Malaysia in shooting (she is) she's also eight months pregnant. That gives her the added distinction of being the most pregnant Olympian ever.* She has her difficulties, such as fitting into her special maternity uniform. She is handling her moment in the spotlight with grace and humor as this profile shows.
For those of you who might think shooting 10 meter air rifle is not a very active sport – it’s not – still, shooting with Olympic-level accuracy while eight months pregnant can’t be easy. Nur Suryani says her pregnancy weight gain makes her more stable. Nonetheless, in 10 meter air rifle you shoot at a target literally the size of the period at the end of this sentence. To hit it, you have to hold very still. Air rifle competitors try to control and slow their heartrates and actually shoot between beats. Nur Suryani’s heartrate, like any pregnant woman’s, has probably increased by 15 to 20 beats per minute. And, she has to hope the baby doesn’t start kicking at exactly the wrong moment. Here is hoping she’s able to shoot between beats and hit what she aims at.
*The previous most pregnant Olympian ever was Canada’s curler Kristie Moore, who was five and a half months pregnant during the 2010 Winter Games.
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Comments (19)
Good luck to her. I hope the baby doesn't kick at the wrong moment either!
It's a nice story but I hope our team kicks her butt.
Most pregnant? I think I know where you are going with that, but seriously, I am amazed she is at the Olympics at all, coming from let's say not the most women-friendly nation in the world!
That poor little kid is going to be born with an incurable flinch--
SD Bob - unlikely. USA hasn't won a medal in that competition since the 80's. Asian and Eastern European countries dominate. What does that tell you?
Good for her. I'm a homer but I hope she does well, good post Phil.
Not sure if they shoot from the prone in that discipline, but being eight months pregnant would surely be a detriment in the event they do.
people there are three spots on that stand. at the Olympics I'll take third any day.
Good grief!
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So, does this mean that the little one, although "in the womb" gets to claim the medal (if she is fortunate to win)too? Wish her the best.
That would be some "bragging rights". Can't you hear it now,"Me and my mom won and Olympic medal".
Wonder what effect the stress of competing could have on the kid?
I truly believe the fact that here in the US alot of people, mostly in Govt and the Media, wish the shooting sports would just go away has alot to do with the fact that we don't do well in the Olympic shooting events.
Hopefully that will change for the better soon, as more people start getting CCLs and buy guns for protection they will come to realize that guns in and of themselves are not the problem, idiots and criminals are the problem!
Down here in NZ we have no rights to use a firearm in self defence. It's not in the legal statute. Infact we're specifically asked in our licencing interview what we would do in the event we are attacked etc. Ammo and bolts for ba hunting rifles have to be kept in separate locked location. Pistols are held for competition use only (though that includes combat pistols for 3-gun comps). A baseball bat is our only defence.
Most gun crime here tend to be stolen firearms used in crim on crim drug gangs, though a couple of paranoid inDUHviduals have carried out mass shootings neither of them held their firearms legally. Of course the result has been to tighten up legally held firearms.
But we are allowed suppressors, allowed to hunt at night and our deer season is 12mths :)
scottrods,
Good to hear from those 'down under'.
Is it true I can visit N.Z. but I can never stay and apply as a citizen? Just a rumor I heard.
An inspirational story. I hope she does well. Good post, Phil.
Hi Jim in Mo,
Only if you're a card liberal :)
Not true, you can come on a work visa and apply later for residency if you have skills, or apply for residency early on if you have a job offer. Easier to come here legally than get a green card for the US.
I moved from UK 7yrs ago. Lovin every minute of it. Big trout, big boars, loads of shooting.
Good post Phil ! Even if she does not medal she will still " hold " an Olympic record .....
Also congratulations to Kim Rhode for her winning the gold medal in skeet :)
Sounds like a classic case of poor planning on be half of the parents, but like Will Primos once said, "Sometimes you just got to do it!!" (This is entirely out of context as to what Will was refering to)
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Down here in NZ we have no rights to use a firearm in self defence. It's not in the legal statute. Infact we're specifically asked in our licencing interview what we would do in the event we are attacked etc. Ammo and bolts for ba hunting rifles have to be kept in separate locked location. Pistols are held for competition use only (though that includes combat pistols for 3-gun comps). A baseball bat is our only defence.
Most gun crime here tend to be stolen firearms used in crim on crim drug gangs, though a couple of paranoid inDUHviduals have carried out mass shootings neither of them held their firearms legally. Of course the result has been to tighten up legally held firearms.
But we are allowed suppressors, allowed to hunt at night and our deer season is 12mths :)
Good luck to her. I hope the baby doesn't kick at the wrong moment either!
It's a nice story but I hope our team kicks her butt.
That poor little kid is going to be born with an incurable flinch--
people there are three spots on that stand. at the Olympics I'll take third any day.
That would be some "bragging rights". Can't you hear it now,"Me and my mom won and Olympic medal".
Most pregnant? I think I know where you are going with that, but seriously, I am amazed she is at the Olympics at all, coming from let's say not the most women-friendly nation in the world!
SD Bob - unlikely. USA hasn't won a medal in that competition since the 80's. Asian and Eastern European countries dominate. What does that tell you?
Good for her. I'm a homer but I hope she does well, good post Phil.
Not sure if they shoot from the prone in that discipline, but being eight months pregnant would surely be a detriment in the event they do.
So, does this mean that the little one, although "in the womb" gets to claim the medal (if she is fortunate to win)too? Wish her the best.
Wonder what effect the stress of competing could have on the kid?
I truly believe the fact that here in the US alot of people, mostly in Govt and the Media, wish the shooting sports would just go away has alot to do with the fact that we don't do well in the Olympic shooting events.
Hopefully that will change for the better soon, as more people start getting CCLs and buy guns for protection they will come to realize that guns in and of themselves are not the problem, idiots and criminals are the problem!
scottrods,
Good to hear from those 'down under'.
Is it true I can visit N.Z. but I can never stay and apply as a citizen? Just a rumor I heard.
An inspirational story. I hope she does well. Good post, Phil.
Hi Jim in Mo,
Only if you're a card liberal :)
Not true, you can come on a work visa and apply later for residency if you have skills, or apply for residency early on if you have a job offer. Easier to come here legally than get a green card for the US.
I moved from UK 7yrs ago. Lovin every minute of it. Big trout, big boars, loads of shooting.
Good post Phil ! Even if she does not medal she will still " hold " an Olympic record .....
Also congratulations to Kim Rhode for her winning the gold medal in skeet :)
Sounds like a classic case of poor planning on be half of the parents, but like Will Primos once said, "Sometimes you just got to do it!!" (This is entirely out of context as to what Will was refering to)
Good grief!
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
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