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Mike Rowbottom: Farewell to world's oldest Olympian Walter Walsh - a shooter who took a couple of bullets himself

  • Inside the Blogs

The world's oldest-ever Olympian, Walter Walsh - who competed in the shooting event at the 1948 London

joined in 1934 having graduated from Rutgers Law School.According to a piece which appeared on the USA Shooting

In a shoot-out he took bullets to the chest and right hand before shooting gangsters James Dalhover and

Those skills had been laid down when, as small child, he had begun shooting pegs off his aunt's clothesline

Walsh returned to the Olympic fold at the 1972 Munich Games, where he served as team leader for USA Shooting



Manchester ParalympicsGB Sports Fest set to feature 24 sports

  • Paralympics

By Paul OsborneApril 24 - Disabled people across England will once again be given the chance to try out a host of Paralympic sports as Manchester gets set to hold the third ParalympicsGB Sports Fest.

sledge hockey, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair tennis, athletics, equestrian, judo, powerlifting, shooting



English shooter Gault targets Commonwealth Games medals record at Glasgow 2014

  • Shooting

become the most successful athlete in Commonwealth Games history after being named as part of England's shooting

Gault will be 60-years-old when he takes to the range at the Barry Buddon Shooting Centre this summer

I'm here because I love shooting and I love the Commonwealth Games and the opportunity to compete at

I am delighted to have selected such a talented squad to represent Team England in Glasgow," said shooting

Shooting has a proud tradition in the Commonwealth Games and I look forward to these athletes continuing

Team England will name further athletes for the shooting squad at a later date.The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth


Rio 2016 construction work resumes with end of two-week strike

  • Rio 2016

By Emily GoddardApril 17 - Construction on the Rio 2016 Olympic Park has resumed after workers today ended their two-week strike over wages and benefits.

expected to get underway on the long-delayed Deodoro zone of venues, which are set to host events such as shooting


New Zealand name track cycling and triathlon squads for Glasgow 2014

  • Glasgow 2014

By Gary AndersonApril 17 - World champion sprint trio Ethan Mitchell, Sam Webster and Eddie Dawkins are among 14 track cyclists announced in the New Zealand squad for this year's Commonwealth Games, while six triathletes have also been named to the Kiwi squad heading for Glasgow.

this story at [email protected] StoriesApril 2014: New Zealand names nine-strong shooting





Glasgow 2014 will be "acid test" for new-look Commonwealth Games England, says chief executive Paker

  • The Big Read

By Mike RowbottomWith 100 days to go tomorrow until the start of Glasgow 2014, Adam Paker, chief executive of Commonwealth Games England, has described the impending Games in Scotland as the "acid test" for his organisation's wide-ranging regeneration in the wake of Delhi 2010.And one of the key elements for Paker will be to ensure that new sponsors attracted via the joint marketing initiative between Commonwealth Games England and Glasgow 2014 will have a sufficiently positive experience at the Games to want to extend their contracts with the body.Commonwealth Games England's Stepping Up strategy has sought to upgrade the organisation...

But the demand has not been restricted to marquee sports - we have also sold out the shooting, which



Watson birdie spree puts him in pole position going into weekend at Augusta

  • Golf

By Gary AndersonApril 11 - American Bubba Watson holds a three-shot lead at the halfway point of this year's US Masters after a blistering run of five straight birdies on the back nine saw the 2012 champion post a round of 68 and put himself in pole position to claim a second title at the Augusta National Golf Club.

Getty Images Defending champion Adam Scott of Australia joins Sweden's Jonas Blixt on three-under after shooting


"You take no responsibility for your actions" Pistorius told on day of compelling testimony

  • Athletics News

By Zjan ShirinianApril 10 - Oscar Pistorius has defended how he handles guns after being told he "takes no responsibility" for his actions during another day of compelling testimony at his murder trial in Pretoria.

Steenkamp.Pistorius denied premeditated murder and illegally possessing ammunition and two further counts related to shooting