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Vincent Hancock of the US has won the gold medal in the men's skeet competition at the London Olympics, his second straight. It gives the US a skeet sweep, after Kimberly Rhode won the women's competition earlier this week. Hancock clinched the gold on his next-to-last shot, and missed only twice in 150 tries today. Anders Golding of Denmark finished two targets back to win the silver, and Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiya won a shoot-off over Russia's Valery Shomin for the bronze. Hancock topped his own Olympic record by hitting 123 targets in qualifying earlier today, and was a perfect 25-for-25 in the medal round to wrap up the gold. Elsewhere at the London Olympics:
- Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter, Zara Phillips, has a shiny new silver medal in team equestrian eventing. Phillips, however, knocked down a rail, which precluded Team Great Britain from taking home the gold, reports the AP. "Unfortunately we couldn't quite do it," Phillips said.
- American beach volleyball star Kerri Walsh Jennings isn't going to let a little case of pinkeye get her down, and intends to play, reports the AP.
- British sculler Alan Campbell had the fastest qualifying time in the men's single sculls today, as Britain looks to dominate the Olympic regatta, reports the AP.
