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Issy Bailey

Issy was in first year at Exeter University, Coming home from a trip to the cinema, Travelling in a car at 60mph, high velocity, When they were hit by another vehicle. Six months in hospital, crushed five ribs, A severed liver, and a badly broken back, Left hand with impaired movement, no fibs, And she was waist paralysed, she did lack. The hospital was Stoke Mandeville, best, And as part of her rehabilitation valued, She did shooting. At Uni she’d had a fest, In the sport of hockey which she’d shoed. Someone called Vlad gave her a gun, Set her arm and hand in a solid posture, Said “Ok” and that's where it all did sun, Her career in shooting began in pasture. To this day she trains at Stoke Mandeville, Lives in Cirencester in Glousestershire. She was born on 19th of April in 1994, trill, And plays badminton and rugby hellfire. She took part in the Szczecin World Cup, Poland, in 2014, just a year after starting, And so made it to Rio where she did sup, The atmosphere in the P2-10m shooting.

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