Ukraine’s Serhiy Kulish blamed an undone button on his jacket after he accidentally hit a rival’s target in the 50-meter rifle 3 positions final at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday.
Kulish, 28, was in the running for a medal when he blundered. He finished eighth.
“The button on my jacket came undone and I felt some discomfort, but time passed and I had to make a shot,” Kulish, who is ranked second in the world, told reporters afterward.
Kulish “didn’t notice that I was already aiming for someone else’s target,” he said.
“I am not happy,” he added. “Who shoots into someone else’s target? Only people like me.”
China’s Zhang Changhong won gold.
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