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Olympic shooters have time-tested mental exercises they use to get through some of the most stressful moments of their careers: They exhale deeply to steady their nerves. They assess the targets ahead of them. They trust in the preparation that got them there.
Then, finally, they’re ready to check in at the airport.
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Before the members of the United States shooting team got a chance to fire their rifles, pistols and shotguns this month in the Paris Games, they had to get them there first.