Edinburgh's Seonaid McIntosh wins gold at World Shooting Championships

Edinburgh's Seonaid McIntosh has won the 50m rifle prone title at the World Shooting Championships in South Korea.

By The Newsroom

Published 5th Sep 2018, 12:17 BST

Updated 6th Sep 2018, 05:48 BST

The 22-year-old, who claimed team bronze for Great Britain alongside sister Jen earlier this week, shot a perfect 10.9 with her final effort in Changwon to finish on 623.3 points.

Germany’s Isabella Straub won silver - 0.2 points behind - with Slovakia’s Daniela Demjen Peskova a further 0.4 points back.

McIntosh said: “I don’t think I’m quite aware of what it is I’ve done yet.

“Winning a team medal helped me because I wasn’t so nervous today, plus I learned from my match yesterday to allow me to put in a better performance today.

“It was a tough competition. I just tried to work on making today’s performance better than yesterday’s and didn’t really think about the outcome.”