Paris Olympics 2024: gunning for gold

Conor O'Gorman

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Six members of the 327 Team GB athletes will be gunning for gold in the shooting disciplines.
  • Seonaid McIntosh – rifle
  • Michael Bargeron – rifle
  • Amber Rutter – Olympic Skeet
  • Matt Coward-Holley – Olympic Trap
  • Nathan Hales – Olympic Trap
  • Lucy Hall – Olympic Trap
Let's wish good luck to the Team GB shooting squad!

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Great Britain’s Nathan Hales set a new record to win Olympic gold in the men’s trap competition in Paris yesterday, 30 July.

Congratulations to Great Britain’s Nathan Hales for an outstanding performance to set a new Olympic record on his way to gold in the men’s trap competition at the Paris games.

The 28-year-old from Chatham in Kent, shot an Olympic record of 48 out of 50 to beat the silver medallist, Qi Ying of China, by four shots at the shooting venue in Chateauroux, France. Nathan’s win marked the first time GB have won an Olympic trap gold since 1968, when Bob Braithwaite topped the podium.

Nathan, who is world record holder in the discipline but was making his first ever appearance at the Olympics, broke down in tears on the podium as the national anthem played.

 
Great Britain’s Nathan Hales set a new record to win Olympic gold in the men’s trap competition in Paris yesterday, 30 July.

Congratulations to Great Britain’s Nathan Hales for an outstanding performance to set a new Olympic record on his way to gold in the men’s trap competition at the Paris games.

The 28-year-old from Chatham in Kent, shot an Olympic record of 48 out of 50 to beat the silver medallist, Qi Ying of China, by four shots at the shooting venue in Chateauroux, France. Nathan’s win marked the first time GB have won an Olympic trap gold since 1968, when Bob Braithwaite topped the podium.

Nathan, who is world record holder in the discipline but was making his first ever appearance at the Olympics, broke down in tears on the podium as the national anthem played.

I agree, a tremendous achievement, however as televisual entertainment none of the three people I watched it with ( non shooters ) could work out what they were even shooting at, if we're going to promote shooting sports somebody needs to make these events more viewer friendly, perhaps drone footage from above? I can't say that I shall be glued to the next event in all honesty, and I am a shooter, unless something changes. Wether we like it or not entertainment is the name of the game
 
I watched the last few rounds some incredible shooting and a great result for Nathan Hales and GB.

You could see the clays breaking quite clearly on my TV but I have to say the coverage of these olympics is atrocious.
 
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