The Olympian says the future of sports is “good,” hoping the IOC will “fight” for athletes in the future.

The United States Olympian is considering the future of the sport after running for the second straight time at the Olympic Games.

Mary Tucker, a Florida native currently living in the Czech Republic, qualified to represent Team USA in the Women’s Air and Smallbore Rifle competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

“It’s great to come from a country that’s so proud of sports,” Tucker told Fox News Digital. “I always say that I like to represent the USA because it is one of the strongest countries in sports, in many things, but especially in sports.”

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Tucker entered the women’s 50m shot put three times on Aug. 1, where he scored 579 points and finished in 25th place.

Team USA’s Sagen Maddalena finished in first place and qualified for the final round, where she won the silver medal.

“My work is definitely not over,” Tucker said. “I certainly have too much time, in my opinion.”

Tucker, who won a silver medal at the 2021 Tokyo Games, rose above the number of spectators for the 2024 Games, despite concerns about the future of the Olympic Games.

“It’s always about what [shooting] it’s going to be taken out of the Games,” he said. I think it’s important for people to realize, especially people who love sports, that shooting sports and other types of shooting are very different.”

Tucker said “it’s a very safe game” even though the basic principles are the same.

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A graduate student at West Virginia University plans to focus her efforts soon on improving youth participation. At the same time, he hopes that the IOC, along with other associations and organizations, will fight for the athletes.

“There are NCAA opportunities, scholarship opportunities, for the Olympics, for traveling the world,” he said.

Tucker is hopeful that a new generation of shooters will be a part of Team USA, and to add to the excitement, he will soon launch his own training business.

“I have a passion for helping the next generation,” Tucker said. “We need a lot of young people so that the game can continue to grow.”

Before the Tokyo tournament, Tucker trained five to six hours a day, at least six days a week. For Paris 2024, he has developed his training in order to develop a balanced life.

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In addition to shooting practice, Tucker includes cardio, yoga and strength training in his classes. Most importantly, you embrace the mental process that drives the mix.

“It’s something you have to work on all the time,” he said. “There’s a lot of perspective. It’s a lot of modeling, how it’s going to feel, how the pressure is going to affect you and putting yourself in those situations in your head.”

With Tucker close to Europe, he had an opportunity last summer to shoot the race that he competed in last week in Châteauroux, France, even though the athletes were away from the 2024 Olympic celebrations.

“It didn’t feel like the Games to me,” he said. of silence.”

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Tucker, a Sarasota native, humbly believes shooting is a sport anyone can master if the motivation to explore and succeed is there.

“I couldn’t hit the target lying down, which is said to be the easiest position,” he said.

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Tucker said, as a high school athlete, he watched YouTube videos and repeated routines before participating in local competitions.

“I always say this is one of the sports, if not the only sport, that anyone can do,” Tucker said. “You really have to want to do it and have an impact. I have terrible concentration, and I’m constantly moving, but I can stay focused for the seven seconds I need.”

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