Shooting: Ruano wins women’s trap, Guatemala’s first Olympic gold in history
This is a tense final. One by one, the athletes are eliminated after series of five shots.
Australia’s Penny Smith is knocked out in the bronze-medal position with a score of 32 of her 40 shots hit.
That leaves Guatemala’s Adriana Ruano and Italy’s Silvana Maria Stanco as the last two standing, and Ruano holds a four-point lead going into the last two series of five shots each.
The Olympic record, currently 43 by Zuzana Rehak Stefecekova set in Tokyo three years ago, is under threat.
Deep breaths, load the shotgun, wait for the target, fire. It’s 42-37 with one series to go.
Ruano hits her first target. She cannot be caught now! She has tied the Olympic record and won gold. A wry smile from Stanco as she misses the first of the last series.
Some nerves? Ruano misses the next two. But she hits another to make the Olympic record her own!
This is historic – Guatemala’s first Olympic gold medal ever. She finishes on 45 points for gold.
Italy’s Stanco wins silver on 40.
The Guatemalan flags are flying in the stands! Ruano looks emotional. She is a history-maker for her country. The sobs are coming now as she is embraced by Stanco and Smith.
