{"id":70299,"date":"2021-07-29T17:17:07","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T22:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=70299"},"modified":"2021-07-29T17:17:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T22:17:17","slug":"70299","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=70299","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Trio of U.S. Shooters Claim Olympic Gold.<\/a><\/p>\n

Shooters from the United States have claimed three gold medals so far in the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo. The trio of first-place finishes include Men\u2019s Skeet, Women\u2019s Skeet and Men\u2019s Air Rifle.<\/p>\n

William Shaner captured the first Olympic medal ever claimed by the United States in Men\u2019s Air Rifle. He did it in style, too, claiming gold in his first Olympics.<\/p>\n

The University of Kentucky student told the\u00a0Outdoor Wire<\/a>, \u201cIt feels amazing. I\u2019m only 20, but I\u2019ve been doing this since I was eight. I\u2019ve been doing this a long time, so I\u2019ve been able to get a good score and progress. To finally achieve what I came here to do is amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shaner held a 1.5-point lead over the People\u2019s Republic of China\u2019s Haoran Yang with two shots left. Yang closed ground, but not enough, and Shaner\u2019s score of 251.6 claimed top spot on the podium. It also set a new Olympic record. \u201cI just focused on my process and just competing and just stayed within myself and not focus on outcomes,\u201d Shaner said.<\/p>\n

Vincent Hancock won his third Olympic gold medal in Tokyo. He also became the first man in history to earn three golds in Men\u2019s Skeet.<\/p>\n

His drop to the ground immediately after the winning shot was widely thought to be an early celebration but, in reality, it was an effort to relieve the back pain he endured through the latter matches. \u201cJust coming out here and trying to compete for a gold medal, it\u2019s exhausting,\u201d Hancock\u00a0told a reporter<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0USA Today<\/em>. \u201cIt truly is. Not everybody\u2019s able to come out here and compete at the level that they want, so you never know.\u201d<\/p>\n

Colorado Springs, CO, native Amber English claimed gold in Women\u2019s Skeet. Her final score of 56 hits also set a new Olympic record.<\/p>\n

English\u2019s road to the Olympics was a challenge, though. She failed to make the U.S. team in 2012. It didn\u2019t work out in 2016, either, and on the heels of that disappointment her father\u2014also an accomplished shooter\u2014died. She found it hard to get back on the firing line for a time, joined the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, and after encouragement and support from Hancock has roared into Olympic-winning form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trio of U.S. Shooters Claim Olympic Gold. Shooters from the United States have claimed three gold medals so far in the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo. The trio of first-place finishes include Men\u2019s Skeet, Women\u2019s Skeet and Men\u2019s Air Rifle. William Shaner captured the first Olympic medal ever claimed by the United States in Men\u2019s Air … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gun-schtuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70300,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70299\/revisions\/70300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}