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MEDAL 1-2 FOR SEONAID IN RIO

Seonaid McIntosh won gold in women’s three-position rifle at the ISSF World Cup in Rio – just three days after she won silver in the air rifle at the same meeting.

She qualified for the final in third place, then dominated in the final, her score of 461.2 nearly three full points ahead of silver-medallist Jehee Kim. This makes Seonaid the first Brit to win a rifle World Cup gold since 2002.

This followed her silver in the air rifle, the first medal in a World Cup airgun event in 20 years. In the final, she shot 250.6 to finish second behind India’s Elavenil Valarivan.

Speaking after this event, Seonaid said: “I’m really happy with the medal. Right now I’m more pleased with this medal than

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