RIO DE JANEIRO -- The wind blew in from the west, sending the clay targets bobbing and bouncing through the air.In case that wasnt enough, the microphone used to pull the targets repeatedly malfunctioned, causing clays to shoot out randomly or not at all.Catherine Skinner had just enough patience -- and a bit of anger -- to ride out the difficulties and earn a gold medal in her first Olympics.The Australian survived a shoot-off in womens trap to get into the final round and hit 12 of 15 targets in the gold medal match to beat New Zealands Natalie Rooney on Sunday.It made me a bit more angry instead of being nervous and locking up, Skinner said of the difficulties. It made me just want to see and smash.Skinner hit 67 of 75 targets in qualifying, tying her with Canadas Cynthia Meyer. Both women hit their first shots in the shoot-off, but Skinner hit and Meyer missed, sending the Australian into the final six.Skinner navigated the gusting wind well in the semifinals, hitting 14 of 15 targets to earn a spot in the gold-medal match. Rooney won a shoot-off with American Corey Cogdell-Unrein after tying for second to set up the finals showdown.Skinner started slow, missing two of her first four shots in the gold medal match, but hit seven straight as Rooney twice missed consecutive shots. Skinner missed her 12th shot, but could still clinch gold by hitting her final three shots.She did, making Rooneys final shot moot, and threw her head back after taking home gold in her first Olympics.I cant really say there was emotion; it was kind of like a shock, Skinner said. Even now, I cant really believe I have this (medal) in my hand.Cogdell-Unrein qualified fourth in her third Olympics, but opened the semifinals with a miss. 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Hes had a great year, and hes worked real hard to turn himself into this kind of player.LeMahieu has a career-high eight homers among his career-high 38 extra-base hits and has scored 76 runs and driven in 43. He has nearly as many walks (52) as strikeouts (62) and is hitting .288 (62-for-215) on the road and .390 (78-for-200) at Coors Field.He uses the whole field, Weiss said. Those are the guys that typically you think of as a guy who can win a batting title.The Rockies have lost four straight games and 10 of their past 12 and at 56-63 have slipped seven games below .500 for the first time since July 21. Chad Bettis will start Tuesday for the Colorado Rockies, which might be a good omen. 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