Paris 2024

Mexican Skeet Shooter Finishes Seventh in Paris

Gabriela Rodríguez Garza, a Mexican skeet shooter, finishes in seventh place at Paris 2024 Olympics. Despite being close to the final, a tiebreaker denies her a spot in the medal round. This marks an improvement over her 12th place finish in Tokyo 2020.

Mexicanist

Aug 4, 2024 — 1 min read

Gabriela Rodríguez finished in seventh place in the women's skeet event at Paris 2024. Credit: CONADE

In a vibrant closing of the qualifying phase, the national sports shooting team member Gabriela Rodríguez Garza, came close to the final this Sunday by finishing in seventh place in the women's skeet event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

In the qualifying round, she remained in a position to advance to the fight for medals, oscillating between fourth and sixth place; however, in the final round she played a tiebreaker against Chilean Francisca Crovetto and Slovakian Danka Bartekova.

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