BEIJING — Chiara Cainero of Italy has won the gold medal in women’s skeet shooting, beating Kim Rhode of the U.S. and Christine Brinker of Germany in a shoot-off.

The three finished tied at 93 targets Thursday, and Cainero hit the first two targets of the shoot-off. Rhode and Brinker each missed one. The shoot-off continued to determine second place. Rhode ended up winning the silver, and Brinker took the bronze.

Cainero led after qualifying with a score of 72, but she hit only 21 of 25 targets in the final round, enabling Rhode and Brinker to catch up.

Rhode won gold in double trap in 1996 and 2004, but that event was eliminated for women before the Beijing Games. Forced to focus on skeet, she added another medal to her collection.