A spinal injury killed Adriana Ruano's dream as a gymnast. She just won Guatemala's first Olympic gold medal as a shooter.

A spinal injury ended Adriana Ruano's Olympic dream as a gymnast. But on Wednesday, she came back as a shooter and won Guatemala's first Olympic gold medal.

Ruano was training for the 2011 world championships in gymnastics, a qualifier for the London Olympics the following year, when she felt pain in her back.

An MRI showed the then-16-year-old had six damaged vertebrae — a career-ending injury — and Ruano's doctor recommended she take up shooting if she wanted to stay in sports without aggravating her injured back.