Purdue has its first gold medalist of the Rio Olympics and it comes from an unlikely source. Amanda Elmore, a West Lafayette native who rowed for the Purdue club rowing team before graduating and moving on to Michigan, where she also competed, was a member of the U.S. women's 8's coxed rowing team that won gold this morning.
The women's team completed the course in 6:01.49 to win its third straight Olympic gold int he event. Great Britain was second at 6:03.98 followed closely by Romania in 6:04.10.
This is officially the second medal of these games by Purdue athletes.