RIO DE JANEIRO – First-time Olympian Catherine Skinner of Australia has battled to the end of a tense final in women’s trap shooting to win the gold medal, edging out Natalie Rooney of New Zealand.

The 26-year-old Skinner hit 12 of her 15 orange targets with her shotgun to Rooney’s 11.

American Corey Cogdell, a three-time Olympian, won her second bronze medal by besting Spain’s Fatima Galvez in a shoot-off, after each woman shot 13 of their 15 targets for the medal.

Defending Olympic champion Jessica Rossi of Italy crashed out in the semi-finals after missing five of the 15 targets, a big disappointment for the police officer after she easily claimed gold and set a world record in London 2012.

She finished sixth out of six finalists.

– Reuters