skeet shooting
noun
US
: the sport of shooting at targets (called clay pigeons) that are thrown in the air
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The women's skeet shooting events are on Saturday and Sunday.
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Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 29 July 2024
At the 2024 Paris Olympics Smith won bronze in individual skeet shooting and silver in mixed team skeet shooting.
—Christopher Torres, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Jan. 2025
Keller native Austen Smith, who won two medals in skeet shooting at the 2024 Paris Olympics, will ride in a carriage with Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
Vincent Hancock won gold in the men's individual skeet shooting event, becoming just the seventh Olympian in history to earn four gold medals in an individual event, and is just the fifth American to do so (joining Ledecky, Michael Phelps, Carl Lewis and Al Oerter).
—Rachel G Bowers, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2024
Her coach, Vincent Hancock, won his fourth gold medal in men's skeet shooting on Saturday.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 5 Aug. 2024
The list of activities continues with archery, horseback and pony riding, swamp buggy airboat rides, a pontoon cruise, a petting farm, and trap and skeet shooting.
—Gina Kramer, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
Austen Smith of Keller won bronze in women's skeet shooting.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 5 Aug. 2024
Vincent Hancock and Katie Ledecky made history by becoming just the sixth and seventh Olympians to win four gold medals in the same individual event — Hancock doing so in the men’s skeet shooting and Ledecky winning her fourth career 800m freestyle gold.
—NBC News, 5 Aug. 2024
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Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 29 July 2024
At the 2024 Paris Olympics Smith won bronze in individual skeet shooting and silver in mixed team skeet shooting.
—Christopher Torres, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Jan. 2025
Keller native Austen Smith, who won two medals in skeet shooting at the 2024 Paris Olympics, will ride in a carriage with Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
Vincent Hancock won gold in the men's individual skeet shooting event, becoming just the seventh Olympian in history to earn four gold medals in an individual event, and is just the fifth American to do so (joining Ledecky, Michael Phelps, Carl Lewis and Al Oerter).
—Rachel G Bowers, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2024
Her coach, Vincent Hancock, won his fourth gold medal in men's skeet shooting on Saturday.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 5 Aug. 2024
The list of activities continues with archery, horseback and pony riding, swamp buggy airboat rides, a pontoon cruise, a petting farm, and trap and skeet shooting.
—Gina Kramer, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
Austen Smith of Keller won bronze in women's skeet shooting.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 5 Aug. 2024
Vincent Hancock and Katie Ledecky made history by becoming just the sixth and seventh Olympians to win four gold medals in the same individual event — Hancock doing so in the men’s skeet shooting and Ledecky winning her fourth career 800m freestyle gold.
—NBC News, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Skeet shooting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skeet%20shooting. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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