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olympicsAugust 4, 2024

CHATEAUROUX, France (AP) — Chile won its first Olympic gold medal in 20 years when Francisca Crovetto took victory in the women's skeet, while Britain's Amber Rutter took silver just over three months after becoming a mother.

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Chile's Francisca Crovetto Chadid, right, celebrates with coach after winning the gold medal in the Skeet women's final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Chateauroux, France. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Chile's Francisca Crovetto Chadid, right, celebrates with coach after winning the gold medal in the Skeet women's final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Chateauroux, France. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chile's Francisca Crovetto Chadid, left, and Britain's Amber Jo Rutter, right, compete for the gold medal in a shoot-off in the Skeet women's final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Chateauroux, France. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Chile's Francisca Crovetto Chadid, left, and Britain's Amber Jo Rutter, right, compete for the gold medal in a shoot-off in the Skeet women's final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Chateauroux, France. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chile's Francisca Crovetto Chadid celebrates after winning the gold medal in the Skeet women's final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Chateauroux, France. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Chile's Francisca Crovetto Chadid celebrates after winning the gold medal in the Skeet women's final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Chateauroux, France. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gold medalist Chile's Francisca Crovetto Chadid, center, silver medalist Britain's Amber Jo Rutter, left, and bronze medalist Austen Jewell Smith of the United States pose for a photograph after the Skeet women's final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Chateauroux, France. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Gold medalist Chile's Francisca Crovetto Chadid, center, silver medalist Britain's Amber Jo Rutter, left, and bronze medalist Austen Jewell Smith of the United States pose for a photograph after the Skeet women's final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Chateauroux, France. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHATEAUROUX, France (AP) — Chile won its first Olympic gold medal in 20 years when Francisca Crovetto took victory in the women's skeet, while Britain's Amber Rutter took silver just over three months after becoming a mother.

Crovetto won the gold in a shoot-off, hitting her last two targets for the win after a disputed call to give Rutter a miss for a shot which, TV replays showed, had seemed to clip the target.

Rutter reached the Olympic final in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 at the age of 18 and was a favorite for a medal in the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics in 2021 until a positive test for COVID-19 two days before the opening ceremony. She gave birth in April.

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Austen Smith won the bronze for the United States a day after her coach, Vincent Hancock, won his fourth gold medal in men's skeet.

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