Australia has won its first medal in the women's trap since London, as Penny Smith qualified for the final via a shoot-off before winning bronze in Paris.
Penny Smith has claimed Australia's second medal on day five of the Paris Olympics , winning bronze in the women's trap shooting .
The 29-year old only just scraped into the final, after she finished the qualification round in a three-way tie for sixth, but won a shoot-off to progress.It is also the world number 11's first Olympic medal, after Smith was sixth in the trap and mixed trap team at the Tokyo Games."To my family back home, to everyone watching, everyone that supported me through the highs and the lows, to come home with a bronze medal is just phenomenal," Smith told Nine after the event.
It was a historic day on the shooting range, with Adriana Ruano Oliva claiming Guatemala's first ever Olympic gold, and an Olympic Record, as she led from start to finish.Sports content to make you think... or allow you not to. A newsletter delivered each Saturday.When do the Summer Olympics start? What you need to know ahead of Paris 2024
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