I watched him do it. Get home from work around midnight and am watching the shooting. (secondary cable channel) Between shots, the shooters rest the heavy rifles on a post. For his last shot, the american lfts and turns his rifle off the post and must have put his eye to the sights before he was at a right angle to his target. I watched him concentrate, then start to wiggle. He re focused and shot. When the electronic scorer didnt show where his shot had hit his target, he started waving his spent casing to the official, indicating that he had taken his last shot and wanted to know where it hit. The officials conferred, and discovered an extra hole in his neighbors target. Oops. Went from sure gold to 8th place in an instant. Everyone shook hands, and it was over. He was left standing there wondering how his life had turned upside down in 15 seconds.
(Thrill of Victory - Agony of Dafeet!)