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CHATEAUROUX, France — A spinal injury ended Adriana Ruano's Olympic dream as a gymnast. She came back as a shooter and won Guatemala's first Olympic gold medal. Ruano was training for the 2011 world championships in gymnastics when she was diagnosed with six damaged vertebrae. Ruano's doctor recommended she take up shooting if she wanted to stay in sports without aggravating her injured back. That advice paid off Wednesday as Ruano won gold in the women's trap with an Olympic-record score of 45 out of 50. Italy's Silvana Stanco won the silver on 40 and Australia's Penny Smith took the bronze.
