Behold the athlete who trained Katniss, dressed as Katniss.
The woman in the pictures is Khatuna Lorig, the Olympic athlete who taught Jennifer Lawrence how to handle a bow for her role as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games. Lorig recently completed the bow and arrow competitions at this year’s summer Olympics and posed yesterday for a picture of herself decked out as Katniss, complete with a mockingjay pin.
Throughout her career, Lorig has competed in the Olympics for three countries: U.S.S.R., Georgia, and most recently the U.S. She’s taken a bronze medal in the past but narrowly missed out on the bronze during the current games. (She did hit a “perfect 10” according to The Washington Post.)
She’s also happy with how much more attention archery has received since Katniss-fever took off.
“We have a great sport, a unique sport, and it deserves this recognition. Hollywood is bringing archery out to the open more, and a lot of kids are loving it. I think it will be great if more kids start the sport, keep them off the street.”
We think Khatuna Lorig is our new hero.
[News via The Mary Sue, Hollywood Reporter, and Washington Post]
Stubby the Rocket is the voice and mascot of Tor.com. Stubby is faster than a Katniss and Khatuna at running, but not faster than their arrows.








