Olympics fans are in uproar after a Team GB shooter was denied a gold medal due to a controversial judge's decision.
Viewers at home reckon Great Britain's Amber Rutter was 'robbed' of a gold medal at this year's Olympics in the woman's skeet final - even more so after watching a slo-mo replay of her event.
The 26-year-old sport shooter, who specialises in skeet, finished in a tie with Chile's Francisca Crovetto Chadid after shooting 55 shots from 60 targets at the National Shooting Centre in Chateauroux.
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The event went to a shoot-off to determine who would secure gold, but they were still tied after three rounds - so each one of them was waiting for the other to miss and subsequently take the silver.
When Rutter stepped up to take her shot, it appeared as though she hit both targets - but one of them was marked as a miss by Olympic officials.
The athlete - who only gave birth to her first child, son Tommy, three months ago - immediately tried to appeal the decision and demanded a review as she insisted she had struck the target.
Slow motion replays supported this - but because VAR technology is not being used in Paris for the event, it meant that the original ruling was final and that she had no ability to appeal, so Crovetto Chadid controversially came out on top.
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Taking to social media in fury after watching what should have been a winning performance, one frustrated user said: "She did brilliantly well, but the officials made a massive mistake which cost her the gold."
Another added: "Robbed, such a shame deserved to win. Amateur stuff from the judges and the Olympics for not using replays."
And a third wrote: "Well done Amber! We all know it should have been gold."
Although fans have been left furious that the judges did not overturn the decision, Rutter - who became the first Brit to bag a shooting medal at the Olympics - was still over the moon that she was taking home the silver.
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And to make her triumph that bit sweeter, her husband surprised her by bringing their young son to watch her in Paris.
Speaking to the BBC about her victory and the prospect of a gold medal getting shot down in flames, Rutter said: "I would bet a lot of money that I did hit that last target. But this is a part of sport. It's not just shooting, it's not just myself.
"There are so many sports and athletes which are impacted," Rutter continued. "There were so many other athletes in that final which were appealing targets and there was nothing to look back on to review the shots.
"It's something we have had in the past. We've had VAR systems in place so we are able to have a fair field of play. But unfortunately at the Olympics this time we haven't been able to have that."
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However, she is still on cloud nine after walking away with a silver medal.
"It is just a dream," Rutter added. "The fact that I'm able to be a mum and come away with a medal for my country, I am on top of the world right now. I believe everything happens for a reason.
"It really was to prove a point and come back here and really chase down those medals.
"The fact that I am here now, Tommy with me and with an Olympic medal, I don't know how it gets much better than this."
Rutter came sixth during her Olympic debut in Rio in 2016, but missed out on competing in Tokyo in 2020 after she tested positive for Covid.
Team GB's current medal count - 38
Gold medallists
- Rosalind Canter, Laura Collett, Tom McEwen: Equestrian - Eventing team
- Tom Pidcock: Mountain Bike - Men's cross country
- Nathan Hales: Shooting - Men's trap
- Tom Dean, Kieran Bird, James Guy, Jack McMillan, Matthew Richards, Duncan Scott: Swimming - Men's 4x200m freestyle
- Alex Yee: Men's triathlon
- Lauren Henry, Lola Anderson, Hannah Scott and Georgina Brayshaw: Rowing - Women's quadruple sculls
- Bryony Page: Gymnastics - Women's individual trampoline
- Emily Craig and Imogen Grant: Rowing - Women's lightweight double sculls
- Ben Maher, Harry Charles and Scott Brash: Equestrian - Team jumping
- Sholto Carnegie, Rory Gibbs, Morgan Bolding, Jacob Dawson, Charlie Elwes, Tom Digby, James Rudkin and Tom Ford: Rowing: Men's eight
Silver medallists
- Anna Henderson: Cycling - Women's individual time trial
- Adam Peaty: Swimming - Men's 100m breaststroke
- Tom Daley and Noah Williams: Diving - Men's synchronised 10m platform
- Adam Burgess: Canoe Slalom - Men's canoe single
- Matthew Richards: Swimming - Men's 200m freestyle
- Kieran Reilly: Cycling - Men's BMX Freestyle
- Helen Glover, Esme Booth, Sam Redgrave and Rebecca Shorten: Rowing - Women's coxless four
- Oliver Wynne-Griffith and Thomas George: Rowing - Men's pair
- Benjamin Proud: Swimming - Men's 50m freestyle
- Duncan Scott: Swimming - Men's 200m individual medley
- Amber Rutter: Shooting - Women's skeet
- Tommy Fleetwood: Golf - Men's individual stroke play
Bronze medallists
- Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen: Diving - Women's synchronised 3m springboard
- Kimberley Woods: Canoe - Women's slalom
- Laura Collett: Equestrian - Eventing individual
- Beth Potter: Women's triathlon
- Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix and Lois Toulson: Diving - Women's synchronised 10m platform
- Oliver Wilkes, David Ambler, Matt Aldridge and Freddie Davidson: Rowing - Men's coxless four
- Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne and Becky Wilde: Rowing - Women's double sculls
- Jack Laugher and Anthony Harding: Diving - men's synchronised 3m springboard
- Heidi Long, Rowan McKellar, Holly Dunford, Emily Ford, Lauren Irwin, Eve Stewart, Harriet Taylor and Annie Campbell-Orde - Rowing: Women's eight
- Emma Wilson: Sailing: Women's windsurfing
- Jake Jarman: Artistic gymnastics - Men's floor exercise
- Lottie Fry, Becky Moody and Carl Hester: Equestrian - Team Grand Prix Special
- Alex Wilson-Haydock, Laviai Nielsen, Samuel Reardon, Nicole Yeargin: Athletics - Mixed 4x400m relay
- Lottie Fry and Glamourdale: Equestrian - Individual dressage
- Harry Hepworth: Artistic gymnastics - Men's vault
- Alex Yee, Georgia Taylor-Brown, Samuel Dickinson and Beth Potter: Triathlon - Mixed relay
Olivia Burke