Boulder City Woman Shooting For Gold At Paris Olympics

Boulder City’s Lexi Lagan is once again shooting for gold in this year’s Summer Olympics in Paris, France. She competed on the U.S. Shooting Team back in 2021 at the Tokyo Olympics. With that experience under her belt, she hopes to make the podium this time.

Those of us who have lived in the Las Vegas valley for any length of time know that we don’t have to drive very far to get a taste of small-town life. Beautiful Boulder City is a great place to visit or to live.

One of its residents could earn some big time fame this summer. Lexi Lagan is a graduate of Boulder City High School, Class of 2011. She recently served as the Grand Marshall on the Fourth of July at the Boulder City Damboree parade. That’s according to an article by Jeff Wollard on ReviewJournal.com.

Although Lexi Lagan failed to win a medal at the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo, she has a lot more international experience under her belt this year. In fact, last fall she won two medals at the Pan American Games in Chile.

Lagan won bronze in Women’s Sport Pistol and silver in Women’s 10m air pistol. The 2024 Summer Olympics shooting competition begins ten days from now on July 27. Boulder City’s pride and joy will be competing for gold in the women’s 10m air pistol event. I guess she’ll be going up against a lot of the competitors from the Pan American Games.

I was just checking some of the rules and information about the shooting events in which Lexi Lagan will be participating. This year’s competition will take place at the Chateauroux Shooting Center.

There are three different types of guns being used in various events, including pistol, rifle, and shotgun. According to the Olympics website, both the pistol and rifle events take place on an indoor range. Shotgun competitions happen outdoors.

Targets for the indoor events range from 10 meters away, 25m, and 50m. Shooters may be competing in kneeling, standing, or prone positions. Additionally, some of the events include all shooting positions.

If you’d like to learn more about the shooting event in which Boulder City’s Lexi Lagan will be competing, click here.

We wish her good luck and good shooting in Paris this summer! Now feel free to scroll down for more content which may interest you.

Five new sports have been added to the Olympics for 2028, in L.A.

There have been some odd, and unusual Olympic sports that have been in an out of the Olympics over time. And some different  and unusual sports being considered, and added, as we speak.

The Biathlon has always been an interesting pairing of two sports: Skiing, and shooting. Two totally different mindsets - let's put them together! Totally zen cross country skiing, and then they shoot targets to shreds! 

Croquet, tug-of-war, poodle clipping, town planning (according to Casino.org) - yes, I said town planning - they were all once Olympic sports. But the one that just might be the most fun to watch, is the one you used to do as kids: Race walking. When you would race your friend to a particular point, but 'no running.' So you'd walk, arms flailing, as fast as you could!

Pole Fitness has become very popular as a workout. So have Pole Fitness Competitions. There is a big push from competitors to get this into the Olympics. If you have seen Pole Fitness teachers and pros, there is a lot of strength and a lot of acrobatics involved. 

Pickleball is probably one of the fastest growing sports. I wouldn't doubt if one day this racquet sport might be in the Olympics. Tennis, badminton, ping-pong (table tennis in the Olympics).

The 2024 Olympics are just around the corner, and the Paris backdrop looks to be spectacular, from the preview we saw at the end of the 2022 Winter Olympics.

The Paris Olympics will feature some new sports: Skateboarding, surfing, sport climbing, and breaking - better known to us as break-dancing. Which you'd think might have made it in back in the 90's. 

There will also be five sports added to the 2028 Olympics, in Los Angeles, according to the International Olympic Committee. Two are new, three have come and gone - and now they are back!

I wish I could tell you exactly how it is played. After watching some, it appears to be a combination of Baseball, and a tag relay on field day. I'm sure we will all learn more when we see it, and get all into. Just like we did with curling.

Brand new to the Olympics! So many kids, and adults are playing. The NFL even played the Pro Bowl game in Las Vegas this year as a flag football game, and it was a lot of fun to watch. I'm thinking you might possibly see some NFL players on flag football teams.

I've fallen in love with indoor LaCrosse, because of the Las Vegas Desert Dogs. But indoor and outdoor LaCrosse are a bit different. It's rough, but so much fun to watch!

I used to play a lot of racquetball back in high school and college. I was good at it, and I loved it. I tried playing Squash, but didn't like it as well. Mainly because of the big difference between the two: in Squash, you cannot use the ceiling. Which in racquetball, can be a game changer. There are also a lot more rules to learn in Squash. In the 2028 Olympics, we will learn them.

We've seen Baseball and Softball in the Olympics before, but they both came and went. I'll assume since the 2028 Olympics are in Los Angeles, these two prominently American games are being added. USA, USA!

Larry Martino is the long-time afternoon drive personality on 96.3 KKLZ. The views and opinions expressed in this blog are those of Larry Martino and not necessarily those of Beasley Media Group, LLC. Follow us: Facebook / Twitter / Instagram