By Brittany Nelson, USAS Public Relations & Communications Supervisor
COLO SPGS, CO (Aug. 15, 2024) – The U.S. Olympic capturing crew introduced again 5 medals and made historical past on the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games on the Chateauroux Taking pictures Vary in France July 26- Aug. 11.
Sagen Maddalena, a Groveland, California native, earned the primary U.S. medal in capturing with a silver in Ladies’s 50m Smallbore Rifle. In an thrilling ultimate, 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. capturing 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 bounce), Michael Phelps (USA, 200m particular person medley), and Mijain Lopez (Cuba, Greco-Roman heavyweight). He’s the primary capturing 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 a couple of medal in Males’s Skeet at an Olympic Video games. The was additionally the primary time a couple of U.S. athlete competed in an Olympic Males’s Skeet ultimate. View official outcomes right here.
Austen Smith, of Keller, Texas, secured her first Olympic medal in Ladies’s Skeet. Smith shot an total 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 ultimate, 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 ultimate medal for USA in Blended Staff Skeet. The duo earned silver, falling simply quick to Italy within the gold medal match. Smith and Hancock have been a favourite for a medal as they’re the 2023 world champions within the occasion. The pair makes a dynamic crew 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 ultimate. Abeln, of Douglasville, Georgia, is the primary U.S. lady to ever qualify for an Olympic pistol ultimate. She completed eighth total. View official outcomes right here.
USA Taking pictures’s total Paralympic and Olympic medal rely is now as much as 126.
See all the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games medals 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 Staff Skeet
The Paralympic crew is preparing for his or her Video games to start out, Aug. 28- Sept. 8. View the complete schedule of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Video games right here.
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