Italy wins inaugural mixed team skeet as USA takes home silver

Shooting athletes pose with medals in mixed team skeet - Credit: Getty Images

Shooting athletes pose with medals in mixed team skeet – Credit: Getty Images

Italy claimed the final shooting gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the mixed team skeet final as Gabriele Rossetti and Diana Bacosi secured a 45-44 win against fancied American pair Vincent Hancock and Austen Smith.

China won the bronze in the event after Jiang Yiting combined with Lyu Jianlin for a 44-43 win against the Indian pair of Maheshwari Chauhan and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka.

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Hancock won his fifth Olympic medal — four gold and one silver — while 23-year-old Smith, who is coached by Hancock, has two Olympic medals after winning bronze in women’s skeet and silver in mixed team skeet.  

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