William Shaner wins gold in the Men's 10M Air Rifle competition

- Shaner set a new Olympic record with a score of 251.6

-The 20-year-old is a mechanical engineering student at the University of Kentucky

-The silver medal winner, Sheng Lihao of China, is only 16 years old

-Shaners victory was the first gold medal ever won in this event for the United States

-His win is the second gold medal for Team USA in the 2020 Olympics, following a win by Chase Kalisz in the men's 400-meter individual medley

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