Gun rights and gold medals: US shooters sweep the skeet in Tokyo

Amber English on Monday won the third gold of the Games for the US shooting team, who back home have joined forces with an ultra-conservative college

It was a rough winter for the US shooting team, with some members sent to practise in an abandoned Macy’s department store when the pandemic closed their training centre. At least in Tokyo they have acquired some high-end baubles.

Amber English won the women’s skeet gold medal on Monday and Vincent Hancock triumphed in the men’s event, a day after Will Shaner was victorious in the men’s 10-metre air rifle. All set Olympic record scores.

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