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    Top shooting quotes from Rio 2016

    25.09.2016

    Some epic reactions were recorded from athletes as they stepped off their firing points at the Paralympic Games.

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    By By Jake Smith | For the IPC
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    Sometimes as an athlete, as in life, things just do not go to plan. Other times you can end up exceeding your expectations to achieve something truly amazing.

    Here are some of the best athlete reactions following their performances at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

    What Paralympic sport has meant to 12-time Paralympian Libby Kosmala…

    “Paralympics has given me a life. Sport has given me a life”

    Slovakia’s double gold medallist Veronika Vadovicova on her post Rio plans…

    “After the Paralympic Games I will visit many schools. I want to inspire the children” –

    Ukraine’s Vasyl Kovalchuk survived a bear attack as a child and is now a double Paralympic champion…

    “I really think that it is better to be healthy, but if there is such a situation in your life you have to overcome it and learn to live with it in order to participate in something like the Paralympic Games”

    Iran’s Sareh Javanmardidodmani on her historic two pistol golds…

    “I have done all that I can do to tell my people that disability has no limitations. I can say these words confidently to the people of my country after winning here today”

    China’s Cuiping Zhang after breaking the Paralympic record en-route to winning gold…

    “I have my record and I still want to break my own record. I will do more and do better in future competitions”

    USA’s McKenna Dahl made history by becoming the first woman to win a gold in shooting for her country…

    “I wasn’t quite sure what to think, but it’s really exciting being the only female and representing everybody so well”

    Israel’s Doron Shaziri pays tribute to Swedish legend Jonas Jacobsson, who missed out on the final of R7 (men’s 50m rifle 3 positions SH1)…

    “Anything can happen in the final and anything can happen in these competitions, look what happened to Jonas”

    The United Arab Emirates Abdulla Sultan Alaryani on losing out to China’s Cuiping Zhang in R6 (mixed 50m rifle prone SH1)…

    “I was thinking I already had the gold medal. The bullet wasn’t like the rest of them. It sounded different.”

    China’s Xing Huang on having won gold in P3 (mixed 25m pistol SH1)…

    “It’s my first Paralympic Games and my first gold medal. I have been shooting for more than 10 years and I achieved my goal and my dream came true.

    “It’s my honour to let China shine on the stage. It was my dream to make China more bright.”

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