Great Britain finished the Rio 2016 shooting programme without a medal as Matt Skelhon finished 7th in R6 (50m Rifle Prone Mixed SH1) and Stewart Nangle finished 8th in P4 (50m Pistol Mixed SH1).

Skelhon shot a new Paralympic Record of 622.5 to top qualification but could not sustain those standards in the final where a below par second and third series saw him be the second athlete eliminated. Cuiping Zhang of China won her second Gold medal 0.3 ahead of Abdulla Alaryani of the UAE.

Nangle finished strongly in P4 qualification to qualify 7th with a score of 522 but was first out in the final. Another female athlete was victorious in a mixed event with Iran's Sareh Javanmardidodmani adding to her P2 title.

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