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James’ double medal reward
8:00am Sunday 3rd August 2008
HEREFORDSHIRE’S disabled shooting star, James Bevis, won silver and bronze medals in his last international competition before the Beijing Paralympics.
Bevis, who lives in Fawley near Ross-on-Wye, picked up the brace of medals at the Slovakian Open Disabled Shooting Tournament.
Bevis is among Britain’s four-strong Paralympic Games shooting squad and the team used the Slovakian event, in Vistuk Slovakia, as preparation.
Bevis took his silver in the R5 10m air rifle prone SH2 with a qualification score of 592 and a final score of 103.6.
He followed it up with a bronze medal in the R4 10m air rifle standing SH2 with a qualification score of 581 and a final score of 589.
Britain enjoyed a successful competition and returned home with a total of two gold, four silver and two bronze medals.
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