The lowdown on American archer Mackenzie Brown: She knits, line dances, used to be a competitive swimmer — backstroke was her specialty — and shoots arrows while listening to country music to hone her concentration.
Then there's this: The 21-year-old from Flint, Texas, may just be the archer to interrupt the dominance of South Korea, the nation that has captured seven of the last eight Olympic gold medals in the women's individual event heading into Rio.
Brown certainly has the aim to pull off the feat — the poise, too.
"If I go in with the right amount of confidence, I'm usually going to do really well," said Brown, who's attempting to become the first U.