In double record-setting fashion, Sgt. Vincent Hancock became the first shotgun shooter to win consecutive Olympic gold medals in men’s skeet on Tuesday at the Royal Artillery Barracks. Hancock, 23, a Soldier in the Army Marksmanship Unit from Eatonton, Ga., eclipsed his own records set at the 2008 Beijing Games for both qualification 123 and total 148 scores. He struck gold in China with a qualification score of 121 and total of 145. Hancock prevailed by two shots over silver medalist Anders Golding 146 of Denmark and by four shots over Qatar’s Nasser Al-Attiya 144, who secured the bronz
In double record-setting fashion, Sgt. Vincent Hancock became the first shotgun shooter to win consecutive Olympic gold medals in men’s skeet on Tuesday at the Royal Artillery Barracks. Hancock, 23, a Soldier in the Army Marksmanship Unit from Eatonton, Ga., eclipsed his own records set at the 2008 Beijing Games for both qualification 123 and total 148 scores. He struck gold in China with a qualification score of 121 and total of 145. Hancock prevailed by two shots over silver medalist Anders Golding 146 of Denmark and by four shots over Qatar’s Nasser Al-Attiya 144, who secured the bronze medal by winning a shoot-off against Russia’s Valeriy Shomin.
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