Team GB win third gold medal of Paris 2024 as Nathan Hales sets new Olympic record to triumph in trap shooting final
Nathan Hales picked up Team GB's third gold medal of the Paris Olympics by winning the men's trap final for shooting on Tuesday afternoon.
On his Olympic debut, the 28-year-old booked his place in the final with an accomplished performance in the morning heats and kept his cool under pressure in the scorching afternoon sun.
He held the joint lead from the start of the final and then picked his rivals off one by one.
Six men entered the final, but only three remained with 15 targets remaining, as Hales guaranteed himself a medal alongside Qi Ying of China and Guatemala's Jean Pierre Brol Cardenas.
Brol Cardenas was the first of the final three to fall by the wayside, and Hales never looked like losing his advantage to Ying as he nailed 48 of his 50 targets to set an Olympic record.
The previous record stood at 43, but Hales cruised past that mark as he delivered on the biggest stage.
It was only one shy of the world record Hales set last year in Lonato, Italy.
Hales celebrated by punching the air and then proudly holding aloft the Union Jack alongside his fellow medallists.
He joins GB's equestrian eventing team and cross-country cyclist Tom Pidcock as the nation's only gold medallist in France so far.
Team GB now has 11 medals in total - three golds, five silvers, and three bronzes.
On his Olympic debut, the 28-year-old booked his place in the final with an accomplished performance in the morning heats and kept his cool under pressure in the scorching afternoon sun.
He held the joint lead from the start of the final and then picked his rivals off one by one.
Six men entered the final, but only three remained with 15 targets remaining, as Hales guaranteed himself a medal alongside Qi Ying of China and Guatemala's Jean Pierre Brol Cardenas.
Brol Cardenas was the first of the final three to fall by the wayside, and Hales never looked like losing his advantage to Ying as he nailed 48 of his 50 targets to set an Olympic record.
The previous record stood at 43, but Hales cruised past that mark as he delivered on the biggest stage.
It was only one shy of the world record Hales set last year in Lonato, Italy.
Hales celebrated by punching the air and then proudly holding aloft the Union Jack alongside his fellow medallists.
He joins GB's equestrian eventing team and cross-country cyclist Tom Pidcock as the nation's only gold medallist in France so far.
Team GB now has 11 medals in total - three golds, five silvers, and three bronzes.
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00:00Nathan Hales picked up Team GB's third gold medal of the Paris Olympics by winning the
00:11men's trap final for shooting on Tuesday afternoon. On his Olympic debut, the 28-year-old booked his
00:17place in the final with an accomplished performance in the morning heats and kept his cool under
00:21pressure in the scorching afternoon sun. He held the joint lead from the start of the final and
00:26then picked his rivals off one by one. Six men entered the final, but only three remained with
00:3215 targets remaining, as Hales guaranteed himself a medal alongside Xi Ying of China and Guatemala's
00:37Jean-Pierre Brol-Cardenas. Brol-Cardenas was the first of the final three to fall by the wayside,
00:43and Hales never looked like losing his advantage to Ying as he nailed 48 of his 50 targets to set
00:48an Olympic record. The previous record stood at 43, but Hales cruised past that mark as he
00:54delivered on the biggest stage.