Cernogoraz wins men's trap gold

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Giovanni Cernogoraz of Croatia was a surprise and dramatic winner of the men's trap at the final shooting event of London 2012.

The 29-year-old qualified for the final with the lowest score but missed only once while his rivals faltered.
He ended up in a shoot-off for gold with world champion Massimo Fabbrizi, and it was the Italian who missed first to give Cernogoraz the title.
Two-time Olympic champion, Australia's Michael Diamond, led the way in qualifying with a perfect score of 125 but missed five targets in the final - where shooters get one shot instead of two - to blow his chances of gold number three.
Instead, just as he had in Beijing, he lost a shoot-off for bronze, this time to Fehaid Aldeehani of Kuwait.
It means Australia did not pick up a single medal from the shooting competition at the London Games.
Cernogoraz's success provided his country's second gold medal of the Games after Sandra Perkovic won the discus, but he admitted afterwards he did not even expect a place on the podium following his qualifying performance.
He said: "I was very nervous but I shot at my best and everything ended in the best way.
"To tell the truth I didn't even think I would get a bronze. My objective was to make the final so I was very calm and everything went well.
"When I am competing I try not to follow the results of the others. I try to concentrate on the final.
"This is the second gold for Croatia and a first in this sport, and everyone back home is very happy with it."