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Jonathan Gorrie

Olympics 2024: Amber Rutter wins remarkable silver medal for Team GB after controversy

Amber Rutter has won a silver medal in the Olympics 2024 women's skeet shooting final in Chateauroux.

Just over three months after giving birth to her son Tommy, Team GB’s Rutter kept her cool during a tense six-athlete shoot-off to seal her place in the gold medal showdown.

Rutter is the first British women to win a medal at the Olympic Games in skeet.

After Rutter and Chile's Francesca Crovetto both missed one of their subsequent 10 shots, it forced a sudden-death shoot-off.

Both competitors missed one in the first six shots of the shoot-off, then a second miss from Rutter - which she strongly protested - ensured victory for Crovetto. Replays appeared to show Rutter had hit the target, although officials said not.

Still, her silver medal capped a remarkable career resurgence for Rutter, who had missed out on a place at the Tokyo Games due to a positive Covid test.

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