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4 Aug 2010 14:25:11
The University of Bedfordshire played its part in helping Britain’s top disability shooters return from the world championships in Croatia with four medals.
There were also some top personal performances in Zagreb from the 14-strong squad of British shooters who won two silver and two bronze medals.
The Brits spent more than a week in the sports science laboratory at the Bedford campus before flying off to the championships. Preliminary testing took place in the first two weeks of June before heat acclimation took place over a number of consecutive days at the start of July.
Colonel Pasan Kularatne, the Head Coach and Performance Manager, said: “We would like to express our gratitude to staff of the Sport and Exercise Sciences Department at the University of Bedfordshire for the work they did to acclimatise our athletes in preparation for the world championships.”
Paralympic champion Matt Skelhon won the individual bronze in the R3 10m air rifle prone SH1 mixed. Skelhon, Nathan Milgate and Deanna Coates then combined to win Britain the team silver in the same event.
Skelhon then followed up his individual bronze and team silver with an individual silver in the 10m falling target rifle SH1 mixed.
The final GB medal of the championships was won in the R2 10m air rifle standing SH1 women’s team event as Coates, Karen Butler and Mandy Pankhurst combined to win the team bronze.
There were 247 participants from 43 countries at the IPC Shooting World Championships which ran from 16-24 July at the Vrapčanski Potok Shooting Range in Zagreb.
Latest news» 2010» August» Four medals for Uni-backed GB disabled shooters
