AMBER JO RUTTER came agonizingly close to winning an 11th gold medal for Team GB at Paris 2024.
The Brit took part in a thrilling skeet shootout against Francisca Crovetto Chadid, but lost in controversial circumstances.
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Rutter was not happy with the judges Credit: Getty
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Rutter clearly hit the skeet, but the judges did not award her a shot
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Amber Jo Rutter was full of emotion when she received her silver medalCredit: Getty
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Son Tommy was in the stands to watch herCredit: Getty
Rutter, 26, was judged to have missed one of the two shots but insisted she did not miss the target.
Replays showed she clipped the skeet, but Olympic rules don’t allow decisions to be overturned.
Fans took to social media to complain about the officiating.
One wrote: “That’s so unfair to Amber Jo Rutter. She hit them both.
“She loses her gold medal thanks to incompetent judging.”
Another posted: “Surely #GBR Amber Rutter got absolutely ripped off there? That’s so wrong.
“As we can all see in the replay seconds later she hit the target but they don’t give her the point. #TeamGB #Paris2024.”
A third said: “Amber Rutter cheated the gold. Clean shot.”
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Rutter’s silver comes just four months after giving birth to her first child.
And she shrugged off her disappointment as she hugged son Tommy, who was draped in a Union flag.
BBC commentator visibly upset and choking back tears on live TV after Team GB heartbreak at Paris Olympics
She is the first British woman to win an Olympic medal in skeet, having been denied the chance to compete in Tokyo due to a positive test for the coronavirus.
Rutter was two shots behind Chadid but closed the gap to take the event to a shoot-out.
The women fought each other before Rutter unfairly missed.
That gave Chadid, 34, the chance to win gold with two shots, and she held her nerve.
It was Chile’s first shooting medal at the Games.
The gold and silver medalists were involved in a verbal exchange after the shoot.
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