She and Bacosi were tied at 38 out of 40 shots, with China’s Wei Ming, ranked No. With a podium spot locked down after 40 targets, the question became which one English would take. I owe him a lot for pushing me to get back out there and shoot.' Vinny (Hancock) was the one who got me back out there. “After he passed, it was hard to get back on the range, because it actually reminded me of him. “It was definitely challenging,” she said. She also stepped away from shooting for a time in late 2016 following the death of her father, who was once a member of the national shooting team. team in both 20 (she was an alternate in Rio but did not compete). Army’s World Class Athlete Program, made her Olympic debut this summer after just missing out on making the U.S. 24 in the world and is a member of the U.S. In addition to the three Olympic gold medals, Hancock is also a four-time world champion, another record in the sport.Įnglish, who's ranked No. His 59 out of 60 shots made is an Olympic record. The Eatonton, Georgia, native finished with a streak of 34 targets to once again become an Olympic champion. 54, Hancock took a two-shot lead with only six remaining.Īmber English following the skeet finals at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 on Jin Saitama, Japan. Throughout the match, Hancock remained nearly perfect with only a solitary miss on his first 54 targets. Alrashidi would finish with the bronze medal, leaving the competition to just Hancock and Hansen. Midway through the final, Hancock, 57-year-old Abdullah Alrashidi from Kuwait, competing in his seventh Olympic Games, and Denmark’s Jesper Hansen were all tied at 29 out of 30. He missed three of his last eight targets in the last round of qualification to land in a shoot-off. The path to Hancock’s third gold wasn’t without a few bumps. I was like, ‘All right, she’s able to do this, now it’s my turn.’ It really set a great tone and I’m just so proud of her and proud to bring another medal back to the U.S.” I was yelling at the top of my lungs so for me it was really exciting.

“I got to see her shoot her last shots to win the gold and she’s so deserving of it. “I knew I was going to be nervous watching her but it was worth it,” said Hancock, who was also part of a U.S. Hancock said watching English win gold was a great lead-in into his final. was already the first man to win two Olympic gold medals in the event, and his third gold further broadens that legacy. The face of men’s skeet shooting in the U.S. Amber English toppled reigning Olympic champion Diana Bacosi of Italy and set her own record just prior to the men’s final at the Asaka Shooting Range.įor Hancock, the gold medal is redemption after winning in 2008 at the age of 19 and again in 2012 but finishing a disappointing 15th in Rio in 2016. The 32-year-old won an unheard of third gold medal in men’s skeet shooting, and his return to the top spot on the podium made it a golden sweep for the U.S. Vincent Hancock following the skeet finals at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 on Jin Saitama, Japan.Īfter a long break, Vincent Hancock is once again an Olympic champion.

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