American Hancock wins men's skeet shootingpublished at 17:16 3 August
17:16 3 August
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American Vincent Hancock won his fourth Olympic gold in the men's skeet shooting after a nervy final on Saturday.
Defending champion Hancock finished one point ahead of compatriot Conner Prince, who settled for the silver, while Taiwan's Lee Meng Yuan took bronze.
Hancock, 35, has now won gold at Beijing, London, Tokyo and Paris. Nobody has won more skeet medals since the sport's introduction to the Games in 1968.
France miss out on historic gold in shoot-offpublished at 09:00 3 August
09:00 3 August
The first gold medal on day eight of Paris 2024 was won in shooting - and in dramatic fashion.
France have never won an Olympic gold medal in this sport, so there was immense home excitement on the range as French shooter Camille Jedrzejewski faced off against South Korea's Yang Ji-in in the final round.
Both started the round on 33, and both hit the target four times in that series to require a five-round shoot-off for gold.
There the pressure got to Jedrzejewski as she missed her first three shots, with Yang winning the shoot-off 4-1 to seal Korea's eighth gold of the Games, lifting them above Japan to sixth in the medal table.
Hungary's Veronika Mayor took bronze.
Swiss Leone wins shooting goldpublished at 09:44 2 August
09:44 2 August
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Leone broke compatriot Nina Christen's Olympic record
Switzerland's Chiara Leone has won shooting gold in the women's 50m rifle three positions, setting a new Olympic record of 464.4.
Leone 26, finished in front of American Sagen Maddalena, who scored 463, and Chinese world champion Qiongyue Zhang, who took bronze with 452.9.
Leone's win represents Switzerland's second successive gold in the event following Nina Christen's success at Tokyo 2020.
British world number one Seonaid McIntosh failed to qualify for the final for the second successive Games.
Heartbreak for world number one McIntoshpublished at 13:11 1 August
13:11 1 August
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It's heartbreak for Scottish shooter Seonaid McIntosh in the women’s 50m 3P rifle at the Olympics.
After starting like a train, the world number one led the way after the first position, kneeling.
But by the time she'd completed her 20 shots in prone, the Edinburgh athlete had dropped to third.
And, seemingly struggling to get to grips with the standing position, a disconsolate McIntosh finished 12th, with a score of 586-38x.
Only the top eight progress to Friday's final.
For McIntosh, this will be a hard pill to swallow as an Olympics which promised so much has ended with nothing.
The 28-year-old had won all bar one of the World Cup events in this discipline this year, so was a favourite to win a medal, having struggled in the Tokyo Games.
BBC Sport's Lewis Coombes at Chateauroux Shooting Centre
Oliva wins Guatemala's first ever Olympic goldpublished at 15:57 31 July
15:57 31 July
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Adriana Ruano Oliva made history for Guatemala in the Olympic women's trap shooting final.
The 42-year-old claimed the country's first ever Olympic gold medal by also setting a new Games record of 45 out of 50 hits.
Italy's Silvana Maria Stanco claimed the silver medal, while Penny Smith of Australia took bronze.
GB's Hall recovers after setback in women's trap shootingpublished at 13:20 30 July
13:20 30 July
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Great Britain's Lucy Hall had scores of 25, 21 and 24 in her first three rounds of qualifying in the women's trap shooting, leaving her joint-15th with two rounds to go
Lucy Hall has ended the third of her five rounds of qualifying in the women's trap shooting event in joint-15th place.
Hall, 22, started the first of three rounds of qualifying with a perfect score of 25 points, leaving her joint top.
A 21-point second round saw her drop down the leaderboard, making some amends in her final round on Tuesday with a score of 24.
She ends the day on 70 points out of 75, three points off the top six, where she would need to finish for a place in the final.
Rounds four and five of qualifying take place on Wednesday morning, with the final set for 14:30 BST.
Hales qualifies for men's trap shooting finalpublished at 12:31 30 July
12:31 30 July
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Great Britain's Nathan Hales scored 123 out of 125 during qualifying in the men's trap shooting to reach the final
Nathan Hales has qualified for the final of the men's trap shooting event.
Hales, 28, recorded a score of 123 out of 125 from the five rounds of qualifying, enough to see him finish joint-first in the 30-man field, including three perfect rounds of 25-point scores.
From the 30 who started qualifying, just six will compete in the final on Tuesday afternoon, which is due to start at 14:30 BST.
Hales told BBC Sport: “It feels amazing - very emotional at the moment, it hasn’t quite sunk in yet.
"I just tried to stay focused and trust the process we’ve been working on over the last three or four years.
"It was so good hearing all my family and friends cheer me on.”
Matthew Coward-Holley, also from Great Britain, missed out on the final, finishing joint-24th with a score of 117.
China's Sheng wins second gold in Parispublished at 11:44 29 July
11:44 29 July
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China's Sheng Lihao won his second gold medal in Paris with a new Olympic record in the men's 10m air rifle.
The 19-year-old claimed the first gold medal of the Games on Saturday when he and Huang Yuting won the mixed team 10m air rifle.
It was more of the same in the individual event for Sheng, who won with an impressive score of 252.2, beating American William Shaner's Olympic record set in Tokyo by 0.6 points.
Sweden's Victor Lindgren won the silver medal after shooting 251.4, while Croatia's Miran Maricic picked up the bronze.
Teenager Ban wins gold in women's 10m air riflepublished at 09:33 29 July
09:33 29 July
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South Korea's Ban Hyojin held her nerve to win a shoot-off and secure gold in the women's 10m air rifle.
The 16-year-old, who is still at school, nearly lost top spot after a surprise final shot of 9.6, resulting in a shoot-off against China's Huang Yuting.
However, Ban fired a 10.4 to edge past Huang by only 0.1, who forced the shoot-off by posting an impressive 10.5 with her final shot.
Ban, who won with a final score of 251.8, came into the final as one of the favourites after setting an Olympic record in the qualification round.
Switzerland's Audrey Gogniat won bronze with a score of 230.3.
Oh wins women's 10m air pistol gold with record scorepublished at 11:51 28 July
11:51 28 July
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South Korea's Oh Ye Jin won gold in the women's 10m air pistol with an Olympic Record score.
The 19-year-old finished on 243.2 from her 24 shots to eclipse the previous record of 240.3 and beat team-mate Kim Yeji into second place at Chateauroux.
Kim also beat the previous Olympic Record with a score of 241.3 in the knockout final.
India's Manu Bhaker secured the bronze medal before she was the last shooter eliminated.
Meanwhile, Britain's Mike Bargeron has missed out on a place in the men's 10m air rifle final.
Bargeron, from Bromley, finished 47th with a score of 620.7.
Argentina’s Marcelo Gutierrez & China’s Lihao Sheng joint-top scored with 631.7 as they secured their places in tomorrow’s final.
Attention for Bargeron, who is head of shooting at Sevenoaks School in Kent, now turns to the men’s 50m three positions competition event next week.
'It's not been my day' - Team GB shooter McIntoshpublished at 10:55 28 July
10:55 28 July
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By Lewis Coombes
BBC Sport in Chateauroux
Britain's Seonaid McIntosh missed out on qualification for the women's 10m air rifle final after her rifle malfunctioned during the warm-up.
Her father Donald, who is her coach, set about fixing the gun, armed with a tool box, with minutes until the competition’s start.
McIntosh scored 624.5 after her 60 shots, finishing 37th and did not progress to tomorrow’s final.
Hyojin Ban from South Korea top scored with 634.5, a new Olympic qualifying record.
McIntosh told BBC Sport: “It’s not been my day. Immediately I knew there was something wrong. The two sights weren’t lining up.
“We bought a spare gun for situations like this. So we ran and got that gun. A lot of thoughts all at once.. “How do we fix it? How fast can I fix it? While trying to stay calm and not get phased by it.”
The issue is understood to have been related to the gun’s barrel, which was completely replaced.
While the rest of the field started the competition, Seonaid was a delayed entry allowed additional time for practice, before eventually re-joining the field.
The 28-year-old showed great composure under the additional pressure, clearly seen to be relying on breathing techniques to stay calm.
She added: “I’m disappointed by the result. But I did work really hard and had to work extra hard because of all the big problems at the start. I did my best and that’s all I can really ask of myself, I guess.
“I had a look at the sight afterwards and there’s a big crack in it. I’m thinking when it’s gone into the armoury it’s fallen over or something.
“I’ll be a bit more cautious with my 50m gun, maybe take the sights off at night-time and things and make sure everything is packed safely.
“At least it’s this time and not my last competition.”
McIntosh returns next week for her favoured event – 50m rifle three positions – in which she is world number one.
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