Replays show Team GB’s Amber Rutter is ROBBED of potential Olympic gold medal in skeet during controversial shoot-out against Chile… grabbing silver just FOUR months after giving birth

Amber Rutter missed out on Olympic gold in controversial circumstances following a dramatic shootout in Chateauroux.

After trailing Francisca Crovetto Chadid during the closing stages, the 26-year-old produced a composed performance to tie the Chilean and force a shoot-out for gold at the National Shooting Centre.

In her final attempt, Rutter looked to have hit both targets but only one was scored and she promptly appealed for a review.

The decision was then upheld despite TV replays appearing to show that she had made contact with both shots.

VAR technology has previously been employed in other skeet competitions in the event of a contentious decision but the technology is not in place for the 2024 games and Rutter was forced to watch on as her chance at gold hung in the balance.  

Chadid ultimately held her nerve, hitting both targets to triumph 7-6 in the shootout and securing Chile’s first ever shooting medal at the games in the process.

Rutter became the first Briton to win a skeet medal at the Olympics just four months after giving birth to her first child.

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