New mum Amber Rutter’s joy at becoming Britain’s first female Olympic shooting medallist was topped off by a surprise appearance by her husband and three-month old son. Ms Rutter, 26, claimed silver in a sudden-death shoot-off after a gripping women’s skeet final in the scorching heat of Chateauroux. It was tinged with controversy after she missed her sixth extra shot, despite television replays appearing to show that she had clipped the target.
Instead of watching her on TV at home, Ms Rutter’s husband James and baby Tommy made the surprise trip to France. Mr Rutter said: “I don’t really get too nervous but that was probably more than the wedding day to be honest, a rollercoaster. “We kept it on the down-low, she didn’t want anyone here, so we respected that, but last night me and Tommy hopped on a plane and came down a bit incognito and we managed to sneak in and surprise her.
“We flew from Heathrow to Paris and drove down last night. “We decided two days ago and thought she’d love to look round, see Tommy and hopefully me.” Golfer Tommy Fleetwood said that winning an Olympic medal had never been his childhood dream but that clinching silver will be “a memory etched in my heart forever”.
I honestly never had this as a dream as a kid but it definitely became one in recent years. Golf is a beautiful sport. The passion, the emotion and the energy felt out there today was magical thank you!!I couldn’t be prouder to contribute to @teamgb ’s medal .