Mike Bargeron: British shooter seals quota place for Paris Olympics

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Mike Bargeron is the first British man to win Team GB a rifle shooting quota place since London 2012

Mike Bargeron has won a quota place for British Shooting at the Paris Olympics.

The 30-year-old needed to finish above Jan Lochbihler of Switzerland or Ole Halvorsen of Norway at the ISSF Olympic Qualification Championship to secure one of two quota places for the men's 50m three-position rifle event.

Bargeron finished seventh with a score of 404.5, above Lochbihler's 398.2.

British Shooting have now won five quota places for Paris 2024 and have the chance to claim two more.

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