Great Britain’s Nathan Hales clinched the men’s trap gold at the Paris Games with a new Olympic record, while the Serbian pair of Zorana Arunovic and Damir Mikec rallied to win the 10-metre air pistol mixed team event.
Hales hit 48 shots out of 50 in his Olympic debut and fell agonisingly short of his own world record of 49 on a hot afternoon at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre on Tuesday.
The 28-year-old missed just one shot in each of the two stages to put daylight between himself and Qi Ying (44) of China, who settled for silver.
“That’s quite something,” Hales said of his new status as an Olympic champion.
Earlier, in the mixed-team pistol event, Arunovic and Mikec drew level when Turkey’s Sevval Ilayda Tarhan and Yusuf Dikec looked on the brink of victory at 14-12 in the race to the magic number of 16.
Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh claimed the bronze for India, beating the South Korean pair Oh Ye-jin and Lee Won-ho 16-10.
Bhaker, who won bronze in the women’s individual event, becomes India’s first multi-medallist at an Olympic Games since the country’s independence in 1947.
Rafa Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz combined their formidable firepower to down Dutchmen Tallon Griekspoor and Wesley Koolhof and reach the quarterfinals of the men’s tennis doubles.
Meanwhile, women’s second seed Coco Gauff’s challenge wilted as she was knocked out in the third round 7-6(7) 6-2.
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