Fine. But that’s nothing compared to the coverage she’d be getting if she had the correct politics. And she doesn’t.
Her “barrier to coverage” is that nobody gives a damn about her sport. Her success has been mentioned plenty, but in the end shooting sports at the Olympics are one of the many “below the fold” sports, 4th tier and largely only mentioned when some rare feat (like medaling 6 times in a row) happens. It’s right there with the steeple chase, speed walking, canoeing, trampoline and all those other sports even the most hard core Olympics watcher has no idea are happening. Gymnastics on the other hand is the most popular sport of the event and pays the bills. It ain’t politics, it’s the sport. There’s a bunch of people doing remarkable this in Rio that you’re not hearing about because the first thing you’d say is “that’s a sport?!”.