USA Taking pictures Earns 6 Medals at Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Video games, Information Set
By Brittany Nelson, USAS Public Relations & Communications Supervisor
COLO SPGS, CO (Sept. 23, 2024) – The USA Taking pictures Olympic and Paralympic staff made historical past and introduced residence a complete of six medals from the Paris 2024 Video games this summer time in Chateauroux, France.
The Olympic Video games passed off first July 26-Aug. 11 the place the staff earned 5 medals and had a number of finals performances.
Sagen Maddalena, a Groveland, California native, earned the primary U.S. medal in taking pictures for the Olympic Video games with a silver in Ladies’s 50m Smallbore Rifle. In an thrilling closing, Maddalena, a sergeant within the U.S. Military Marksmanship Unit, defeated Qiongyue Zhang, of China, who completed in third place. View official outcomes right here. Maddalena additionally made the ultimate for Ladies’s 10m Air Rifle and completed fourth.
Vincent Hancock, of Eatonton, Georgia, earned the second U.S. Olympic taking pictures medal and made Olympic historical past. He earned his fourth gold medal in Males’s Skeet, turning into the sixth Olympian ever to win 4 gold medals in the identical occasion, becoming a member of Al Oerter (USA, discus), Paul Elvstrom (Denmark, crusing one-person class), Carl Lewis (USA, lengthy soar), Michael Phelps (USA, 200m particular person medley), and Mijain Lopez (Cuba, Greco-Roman heavyweight). He’s the primary taking pictures Olympian to perform this feat.
Conner Prince, of Burleson, Texas, joined Hancock on the rostrum when he gained silver in Males’s Skeet. Prince and Hancock’s double podium marks the primary time the U.S. has earned multiple medal in Males’s Skeet at an Olympic Video games. The was additionally the primary time multiple U.S. athlete competed in an Olympic Males’s Skeet closing. View official outcomes right here.
Austen Smith, of Keller, Texas, secured her first Olympic medal in Ladies’s Skeet. Smith shot an general qualification rating of 122/125. She tied Amber Rutter, of Nice Britian, in {qualifications} after which gained a 14 level shoot off, incomes herself the primary bib for the ultimate. Within the closing, Smith bested Vanessa Hockova, of Slovakia, who positioned fourth. View official outcomes right here.
Smith and Hancock paired as much as win the fifth and closing medal for USA in Blended Workforce Skeet. The duo earned silver, falling simply brief to Italy within the gold medal match. Smith and Hancock had been a favourite for a medal as they’re the 2023 world champions within the occasion. The pair makes a dynamic staff as Hancock is Smith’s coach. Hancock additionally coaches Prince alongside Smith on the Northlake Taking pictures Sports activities in Northlake Texas, a facility he co-owns.
Extra historical past was made in Paris when Katelyn Abeln certified for the Ladies’s 25m Sport Pistol closing. Abeln, of Douglasville, Georgia, is the primary U.S. girl to ever qualify for an Olympic pistol closing. She completed eighth general. View official outcomes right here.
The Paralympic Video games passed off Aug. 28-Sept.8 the place YanXiao Gong earned his very first Paralympic medal and made appearances in two finals.
YanXiao Gong, of Malibu, California, earned a silver medal in P3 Blended 25m Pistol SH1 after an thrilling closing. Gong’s medal is the primary male Paralympic medal for the U.S. since 2004 and the primary Paralympic pistol medal for the U.S. since 1984. Gong made the ultimate for P3 after inserting fourth general within the qualification spherical. Within the closing, Gong bested besting Jungman Kim, of Korea, who completed third. Gong additionally certified for the P4 Blended 50m Pistol SH1 closing the place he completed eighth general.
The Paris Olympic and Paralympic taking pictures groups had sturdy ties to the U.S. Navy with 9 athletes who’re both at present serving or are veterans. See all under:
Sagen Maddalena: Sgt. within the U.S. Military Marksmanship Unit (Olympic)
Ivan Roe: Sgt. within the U.S. Military Marksmanship Unit (Olympic)
Will Hinton: SSG within the U.S. Military Marksmanship Unit (Olympic)
Rachel Tozier: SSG within the U.S. Military Marksmanship Unit (Olympic)
Vincent Hancock: U.S Military Veteran (Olympic)
Keith Sanderson: U.S. Military and Marine Corps Veteran (Olympic)
John Wayne Joss: SFC within the U.S. Military World Class Athlete Program (Paralympic)
Kevin Nguyen: SSG within the U.S. Military Marksmanship Unit (Paralympic)
Marco De La Rosa: Marine Corps Veteran (Paralympic)
See the entire medals from the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Video games under:
Sagen Maddalena: Silver, Ladies’s 50m Smallbore Rifle
Vincent Hancock: Gold, Males’s Skeet
Conner Prince: Silver, Males’s Skeet
Austen Smith: Bronze, Ladies’s Skeet
Vincent Hancock and Austen Smith: Silver, Blended Workforce Skeet
YanXiao Gong: Silver, P3 Blended 25m Pistol SH1
View all Olympic and Paralympic medals earn by USA Taking pictures since 1896 right here.
View photographs from the Olympic Video games right here and from the Paralympic Video games right here.
