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Melanie Sykes eyeing Rio Olympics 2016

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Model Melanie Sykes has apparently set her sights on Rio Olympics and is busy training for clay-pigeon shooting at Rio 2016.

The English TV presenter was first introduced to the sport by her father-in-law and has been practicing for the past six months, the Daily Express reported.

Sykes, 42, explained that she always wanted to do it and since she is good at darts and snooker, she thought that she'd be good at shooting too.

She said that at her first competition, she hit 60 per cent of the clays, and that's pretty good considering that she was shaking from head to toe, as she was not used to people seeing her shoot.

 

Sykes asserted to the publication that the more competitions she takes part in, the more solid she'll become.

Sykes, who is confident that three years is long enough to master the sport, gushed that the sport is exciting, insisting that she loves it more than anything else she has ever done in her life.

She added to the tabloid that she is going to be 43 this year and she never thought she'd have another career change, but is buzzing about it.

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First Published: Jul 15 2013 | 2:40 PM IST

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