Shooter Kimberly Rhode becomes first American to win an individual sport medal at five consecutive Olympic Games

Sunday 29 July 2012 17:06 BST

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Shooter Kimberly Rhode today set American Olympic history as she won gold in the women's skeet.

The 33-year-old set a new Olympic record in qualifying, with 74 hits out of 75, and went on to equal her own world record with a perfect 25 in the final for a total of 99 in front of a packed shotgun range at the Royal Artillery Barracks.

It means Rhode is the first American to win an individual sport medal at five consecutive Olympic Games.

She is a two-time gold medallist in the double trap event, in 1996 and 2004, either side of bronze in 2000, and won silver in the skeet at Beijing four years ago.

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