INTERVIEW: BRYONY PITMAN
HOW DID YOU FEEL AFTER THE TEAM ROUND AT THE TOKYO OLYMPICS?
The team round was disappointing. I’d never experienced nerves like it and I didn’t feel confident in my preparation in the lead up to Tokyo, so that didn’t help me to relax. I didn’t shoot anywhere near what I was capable of and didn’t enjoy the experience at all, especially after a pretty rubbish qualifying round. It was hard because I didn’t understand what was going wrong or how I was going to fix it before the individual rounds.
HOW DID YOU GET UP FROM THAT?
My teammates were all supportive and we helped each other refocus as best we could. I also called my parents that night and had a good cry. My dad said it was the first time he’d seen me look nervous and uncomfortable at a competition. That’s essentially all that went wrong. I shoot my best when I’m enjoying myself, but I seemed to forget that for the first days of the Olympics. I just thought to myself that I was going to have as much fun in the individual competition as possible. I knew I had a tough bracket. No one expected
