James Bevis claimed Bronze in a fiercely competitive R5 (10m Air Rifle Prone Mixed SH2) final at ISCH.

Ryan Cockbill qualified best of the Brits in second place with a mammoth score of 641.7. Serbia's Dragan Ristic bettered that with an enormous 642.8 with a shot average of over 10.7. However neither Cockill or Ristic could take their form into the final as Ukaine's Vasyl Kovalchuk won Gold followed by New Zealand's Michael Johnson. Bevis, who had qualified in 7th showed his class to take bronze. Richard Davies finished 13th in qualification with Tim Jeffery 17th and Sarah Woods 37th.

Lorraine Lambert nearly took her second medal of the competition as she finished 4th in R2 (10m Air Rifle Standing Women SH1) having qualified 7th. Cuiping Zhang of China took Gold ahead of Sloavkia's Veronika Vadivicova. Karen Butler was 12th in qualification with Mandy Pankhurst 15th.

Owen Burke missed out on the final in R1 (10m Air Rifle Standing Men SH1) qualifying in 13th place.

Following the competitions in Poland and Hannover the GB squad for the Paralympic Games will be selected in May and announced on the 10th of June.

 

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