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...coach was crying too," says Katerina. That coach happens to be her dad, Petr Kurka, Matt's father-in-law. It wasn't just a family thing. Around the shooting hall, even some of Matt's fellow marksmen got misty...
...Katerina Emmons, who was commentating for a Czech TV station, dropped her jaw, unable to speak. That's kind of a problem when you're an announcer. But in this case, silence said everything. "I was looking at the score, and thinking, 'No, no,' " she says. " 'Go away.' " She leaned across a rail to hug her husband. "The very first thing I told him was that it just wasn't meant to be," Emmons says. "I was like, 'What the hell is this...
...Sitting beside his wife in an Olympic Village café, Emmons, who did win silver in another shooting event (the men's 50-m free rifle prone), is surprisingly sunny. Katerina caresses Matt's hand as he recalls the details of his gory day. "I think we're the only people we know who haven't cried," says Katerina. Matt's coach, Dave Johnson, couldn't contain the tears. "He looked like his family was about to die," says Matt...
...cope, Emmons can take comfort in history. Last time around, a big plus emerged from the pileup: he lost the gold but won the girl. After collapsing in Athens, Emmons retreated to a bar with his buddies. He needed to drown his sorrows. A Czech shooter, Katerina Kurkova, came up to Emmons to offer condolences. "The way he handled that loss seemed very cool to me," Katerina, 24, says. "And I'm not blind. He's pretty cute." They started spending more time together on the shooting circuit and got married last summer...
...This year, Matt needs luck keeping Katerina in the States. After she married Matt in the Czech Republic, Katerina says, her 10-year U.S. tourist visa was canceled. "We probably should not have gotten married," she tells Matt while detailing the hassles. A temporary visa expired in July. She says she's supposed to get a green card in September. Without it, Katerina can't re-enter the U.S. Sure, she's a Czech sharpshooter, but, Katerina insists, "I'm not a danger to the country...