Replays show Team GB's Amber Rutter is ROBBED of potential Olympic gold medal in skeet during controversial shoot-out against Chile

Amber Rutter missed out on Olympic gold in controversial circumstances following a dramatic shoot-out in Chateauroux.

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.

In her final attempt, Rutter looked to have hit both targets but only one was scored and she promptly appealed for a review.

The decision was then upheld despite TV replays appearing to show that she had made contact with both shots.

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.

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.

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.

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.'

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.'

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'

Rutter became the first Briton to win a skeet medal at the Olympics just four months after giving birth to her first child.

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.