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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.

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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.

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BBC Sport journalist

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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.

Alastair Telfer
BBC Sport journalist

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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.

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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.

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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.

Tyrone Smith
BBC Sport Scotland in Paris

Seonaid McIntosh could be forgiven for thinking the Olympic gods are conspiring against her in Paris.

The Scot failed to progress beyond the opening round in the 10m individual competition in Chateauroux on Sunday morning - and a rifle malfunction in the warm-up did little to help her cause.

Her coach - her father Donald - arrived armed with a tool box to fix the gun with just minutes until the competition started.

The issue is understood to have been related to the gun’s barrel, which was completely replaced.

While her rivals started the competition, McIntosh 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 and was seen to be relying on breathing techniques to stay calm.

She scored 624.5 after her 60 shots to finish 37th and did not progress to Monday's final.

McIntosh also failed to make it beyond the fist stage of Saturday's 10m mixed team event - but make no mistake, she remains one of the best hopes of a Scottish gold at this Games.

Anything gained in the 10m events would have been a bonus for the Scot - the real business for her comes in the women's 50m three position rifle later in the week, an event where she is the world champion and world number one.

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BBC Sport journalist

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Yu Xie delivered China's third gold medal of the Games with victory in the men's 10m air pistol on Sunday.

The 24-year-old held his nerve to edge out Italy's Federico Nilo Maldini with a total of 240.9 at Chateauroux Shooting Centre.

Maldini was 0.9 back on 240.0 to take the silver medal, while his fellow Italian Paolo Monna secured the bronze.

World number one Robin Walter of Germany was eliminated in sixth in the knockout final, with Serbia's Damir Mikec, the silver medallist in Tokyo, in seventh.

Meanwhile, Great Britain's Seonaid McIntosh is out of the women's 10m air rifle after finishing 37th in the qualification stage.

South Korea's Hyojin Ban topped the standings with an Qualification Olympic Record total of 634.5.

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China claimed the first gold medal of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris as Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao won the mixed team 10m air rifle.

The pair beat South Korea's Keum Ji-hyeon and Park Ha-jun 16-12 in the gold medal match at Chateauroux Shooting Centre.

Having won the Asian Games and World Championships last year, Sheng, 19, and Huang, 17, can now add the Olympic title to their fast-growing collection.

Alexandra Le and Islam Satpayev of Kazakhstan took the very first medal of the Games after a comfortable 17-5 Germany's Anna Janssen and Maximilian Ulbrich in the bronze medal contest.

Great Britain's hopes of a medal in the mixed team 10m air rifle are over after Seonaid McIntosh and Michael Bargeron were eliminated at the qualification stage.

The British pair's total of 622.1 after three series saw them finish 26th at Chateauroux Shooting Centre with just the top four teams advancing to the medal matches.

China's Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao came out on top with 632.2 and will face South Korean duo Keum Ji-hyeon and Park Ha-jun in the gold medal match.

Alexandra Le and Islam Satpayev of Kazakhstan will take on Germany's Anna Janssen and Maximilian Ulbrich for the bronze medal.