Hall takes European shooting silver to secure quota place in Paris

Lucy Hall was lost for words after winning a silver medal at the European Shooting Championships and clinching a quota spot for Team GB at Paris 2024 in the process. The 18-year-old was outstanding in Larnaca as she came within a whisker of taking the European trap title, eventually having to settle for silver behind Italy’s Silvana Stanco. Ad However, with the top spots earning quota places for their respective countries at the 2024 Olympics, it was a brilliant return for Hall, who finished just ahead of Italy's Jessica Rossi, the London 2012 gold medallist.

Shooting'It was fantastic' — Hegarty thrilled with World Cup gold13/05/2022 AT 12:42 Hall started brilliantly, missing just one of her first 15 shots to guarantee a medal, before three misses in the next ten saw her drop to second behind Stanco. She was flawless from then on but her Italian rival matched her, taking gold, with a delighted Hall still overjoyed at the silver. The teenager said: «I do not even know what to say.

I don't even know what's going on but I'm so happy to get the spot for GB and obviously the silver at the Europeans. I'm over the moon. »I had a good first 15 and then ten that were ok and then the last ten that was really good.

But I'm just so happy for the silver medal and the quota place." In the men's final, Nathan Hales was desperately close to securing a second quota spot for Team GB on the day, eventually having to settle for bronze on bib number. He and Sweden's Rickard Levin-Andersson were neck-and-neck for long periods, eventually both sitting on 21 from 25 shots when Hales was eliminated on bib number. Hales said of the bronze medal: «I'm very happy, it's great to be up on the podium again, it's been a little while.