She then lost to 3rd-ranked Yun Mi Jin of Korea 168-162, finishing 9th in women's individual archery.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Nichols finished her ranking round with a total of 637 points.

This gave her the 24th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Ika Yuliana Rochmawati in the first round, beating the archer from Indonesia with 114-101.

In the second round she came close, but was unable to upset 9th seed Nami Hayakawa and lost the match with 105-103.

[2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London Nichols lost out to Bishindi Urantagula of Mongolia in the round of sixteen.