A proud Lesley Stewart finished 13th in the R8 Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions qualification after three years out with a major injury. Stewart finished two places ahead of ParalympicsGB team-mate Lorraine Lambert in a high-scoring qualification event. The Blairgowrie shooter scored 1133, just 14 off the eighth and final qualifying spot, while Lambert ended
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Bailey looking ahead after missing out in 10m air pistol qualification
Issy Bailey will turn her focus to her final shooting event after missing out on qualification in the P2 women’s 10m air pistol SH1. The 27-year-old finished 18th in qualifying, her score of 468 points leaving her 89 points off the final qualification place. Sareh Javanmardi of Iran set a new qualification Paralympic record with
Amber Hill to join Team GB shooters in Tokyo
The British Olympic Association (BOA) has announced Amber Hill as the fifth shooter selected to represent Team GB at the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Amber will compete in Women’s Olympic Skeet and joins the already selected team of Kirsty Barr (Women’s Olympic Trap), Matt Coward-Holley (Men’s Olympic Trap), Aaron Heading (Men’s Olympic Trap) and
ParalympicsGB announces first athletes selected for Tokyo 2020
ParalympicsGB has today announced the first members of the British team set to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, which begin in August this year. Six shooting Para sport athletes will take aim in Tokyo having been selected to represent ParalympicsGB at the rescheduled Games this summer. Paralympic medallists Matt Skelhon and James Bevis,
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