Amber Rutter got absolutely hosed in the Olympic women's skeet shooting final.
Competing for the first time since giving birth just three months ago, Rutter became the first British woman ever to win an Olympic shooting medal. She earned the silver — barely falling to Chile's Francisca Crovetto Chadid on Sunday.
But did she really?
Chadid had a two-shot lead over Rutter going into the final round, only to give them back on the final four. The competition was tied after regulation, so it went to a shoot-off. First one to miss loses. Game on.
Rutter and Crovetto traded five additional shots. But controversy struck in the sixth round. Rutter stepped up to the mat, took a shot and clearly clipped the clay to put the pressure back on Chile. But… Rutter’s shot was deemed a miss. She immediately raised her hand in the air to protest the call.
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