Crovetto wrote her name into the history books of her country's sporting history, winning the first Olympic gold medal for Chile in 20 years, and the first gold medal won by a Chilean woman at the Games. You have to go back to Athens 2004 to find the last time a Chilean athlete stood on the top step of the podium at a summer Games. Until now, the only medals of this colour for Chile had been won in tennis at the Athens edition, with Nicolás Massú as singles and doubles champion alongside Fernando González.

The Paris final was held at the Chateauroux shooting centre. Crovetto was ahead on the scoreboard for most of the event, hitting most of his shots, under no pressure and maintaining the lead. However, in the final series of goals, she faltered, missing two of her first four attempts to draw level with the Briton. Both hit three of their last four shots, sending the contest into a dramatic duel. The first to miss would crown her rival as Olympic champion.

Crovetto took first place by beating the British shooter in the tie-breaker, after the two were level on 55 hits from 60 shots. The judges ruled that Rutter missed one of her shots and had to settle for silver, although television pictures showed she managed to graze the target. American Austen Jewell Smith took bronze with 45 points a day after her coach, Vincent Hancock, won his fourth gold in men's skeet.

"I knew the competition was going to be tough and the important thing is that I never gave up," Crovetto said. "The last heat I started off missing the first plate and I feel that's my great strength. I'm a fighter, I build every competition and I understand that zeroes are part of the sport." "I have no words. I am living the dream of Francisca as a child and of a whole country that believed in me," said the Chilean at the end of the event.

Chile had one previous podium finish in Olympic shooting and that was also in skeet. Alfonso de Iruarrizaga won silver at Seoul 1988, when skeet was a mixed competition.