Shooters English, Hancock give Americans a skeet sweep

USA shooters Amber English (left) and Vincent Hancock with their skeet gold medals at the Asaka Shooting Range yesterday. Pic/AFP

Vincent Hancock gave the United States a sweep at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday after becoming the first skeet shooter to win three gold medals.

Amber English won the women's event, knocking off reigning champion Diana Bacosi of Italy to bounce back after just missing the US team for the 2012 and 2016 Games.

Hancock won his third gold about an hour later at Asaka Shooting Range, setting an Olympic record by hitting 59 of 60 targets to beat Jesper Hanen of Denmark by four.
Hancock, 38, captured gold in 2008 and 2012 but had a disappointing finish at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. The shooter from Fort Worth, Texas, hit his first 26 targets in the Tokyo final and closed with 34 straight.

Abdullah Al-Rashidi of Kuwait won his second straight bronze after competing at the Rio Games as an Independent Olympic Athlete.

English, ranked No. 24 in the world, hit 56 of 60 targets. Bacosi matched English by hitting 47 of 50 shots to reach the final, where she missed on her third attempt and a chance to repeat as Olympic champion.

Wei Meng of China took bronze after tying a world record in qualifying. The women's final included four of the world's top six skeet shooters: Bacosi, Wei, Nadine Messerschmidt of Germany and Russian Natalia Vinogradova.

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