This Longhorn Has a Shot at Becoming the First US Olympian to Medal in the Same Event as Her Dad

Published by KUOW on August 8, 2016

It took Michelle Carter's best throw of the year to win the Olympic shot put trials last month. The former Texas Longhorn All-American, NCAA champion and U.S. National champion qualified for her third Olympics and is looking to improve upon a fifth-place finish in London in 2012.

While Carter isn’t the only former Longhorns competing in various sports in Rio – there are 20 in total, with 13 competing for the United States – she is uniquely positioned to make Olympic shot put history.  

But, Carter and her fellow Longhorns are headed to a games mired in a parade of controversies that could rival Carnival’s Sambadrome.