Olympics 2024: Nathan Hales wins gold in trap shooting

PARIS — Crew GB’s Nathan Hales gained gold within the males’s entice capturing on Tuesday, breaking the Olympic document within the occasion and nearly matching his personal world document.

The 28-year-old from Rocheter in Kent made 48 of his 50 pictures — only one shy of his world document of 49 pictures made. China’s Ying Qi gained silver with 44 pictures made, whereas Guatemala’s Jean Pierre Brol CardenasJean Pierre Brol Cardenas gained bronze with 35 pictures made.

When Hales shoots, he hardly ever ever misses. Extremely, he missed simply 4 pictures in your complete competitors, having made 123 out of 125 pictures in qualifying.

“I simply attempt to preserve all the things as we at all times do and deal with it precisely the identical approach I deal with finals in coaching,” Hales mentioned.

“I simply push by and preserve centered on what I am doing, not on what different athletes are doing.”

It may be troublesome to carry your nerve at an Olympic Video games. It’s Hales’ debut. However he revealed afterwards that he had some steerage from his girlfriend, Charlotte Kerwood, who competed at Beijing 2008 and London 2012.

“The entire approach by she was giving me ideas and emotions, what you’d hear or not hear from the group, the entire expertise. She’s run by it with me which has been an awesome assist,” Hales mentioned.

It’s Britain’s third gold medal of the Video games after Crew Eventing (equestrian) and Tom Pidcock (mountain biking) secured a pair of titles on Monday. It’s GB’s eleventh medal general.

Crew GB are aiming for a minimum of 50 medals from these Video games, with a dream goal of 70, which might be the nation’s best-ever at an Olympic Video games.