Amber Rutter missed out on Olympic gold in controversial circumstances following a dramatic shoot-out in Chateauroux.<br /><br />After trailing Francisca Crovetto Chadid during the closing stages, the 26-year-old produced a composed performance to tie the Chilean and force a shoot-out for gold at the National Shooting Centre.<br /><br />In her final attempt, Rutter looked to have hit both targets but only one was scored and she promptly appealed for a review.<br /><br />The decision was then upheld despite TV replays appearing to show that she had made contact with both shots.<br /><br />VAR technology has previously been employed in other skeet competitions in the event of a contentious decision but the technology is not in place for the 2024 games and Rutter was forced to watch on as her chance at gold hung in the balance. <br /><br />Chadid ultimately held her nerve, hitting both targets to triumph 7-6 in the shootout, securing Chile's first-ever shooting medal at the games in the process.<br /><br />The decision not to score both of Rutter's hits in the final stage of the shoot-out proved hugely controversial on social media, with fans claiming she had been 'robbed' of the gold medal.<br /><br />One wrote: 'Surely Amber Rutter has been robbed there? That's so wrong. How can we all see in a replay a few seconds later that she's hit the target, yet they don't give her the point.'<br /><br />Another added: 'That is so grossly unfair for Amber Jo Rutter. She hit them both. She loses out on a gold medal thanks to incompetent judging.'<br /><br />A third fan agreed: 'Amber Rutter cheated out of a gold medal. How on earth is there not a VAR equivalent at the Olympics? The biggest sporting event in the world? Unbelievable'<br /><br />Rutter became the first Briton to win a skeet medal at the Olympics just four months after giving birth to her first child.<br /><br />After taking sixth in her debut at the Olympics in 2016, Rutter missed out on Tokyo three years ago after testing positive for COVID-19.
