Italy claimed the final shooting gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the mixed team skeet final as Gabriele Rossetti and Diana Bacosi secured a 45-44 win against fancied American pair Vincent Hancock and Austen Smith.

China won the bronze in the event after Jiang Yiting combined with Lyu Jianlin for a 44-43 win against the Indian pair of Maheshwari Chauhan and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka.

Hancock won his fifth Olympic medal — four gold and one silver — while 23-year-old Smith has two Olympic medals after winning bronze in women's skeet and silver in mixed team skeet.  

Smith is coached by Hancock, and she said it was an honor for her to be able to compete at an Olympic event with him on the same team. 

“It is honestly what I was looking forward to all week, just being able to shoot with him," she said. "I didn’t think this event would ever exist. I just thought I would be watching him, and he’d be watching me. But competing together, it is just like we train at home. It was not our day today, but I am just delighted to shoot with him.”

For Hancock, he said he saw Smith give it her all just like he did. And although the American duo was unable to win gold, Hancock remains proud they gave it their all. 

“I think we did everything we could. She [Smith] has just come off a super emotional day yesterday and I am just so proud of her for hanging in there for me today," Hancock said. "I was trying to do the best I could do, that’s all we can ever do. When we are shooting at our best, we know nobody can beat us. We have won too many times and proved it. For her to have such a quick turnaround, she battled today and did an awesome job. I just tried to be there for her and do as good as I could. That is how we work together. We just want to be better for each other.”