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London 2012: Wilson & Faulds lead GB shooting squad

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James Huckle, Jennifer McIntosh, Richard Faulds, Peter Wilson, Richard Brickell, Georgina Geikie and Rory Warlow pose at the Tower of London

World number one Peter Wilson and former Olympic champion Richard Faulds are among 10 shooters named in the Team GB squad for London 2012.

Double Trap star Wilson, 25, won the European title in 2011 and set a new world record at the World Cup in Tucson earlier this year.

Faulds, 35, is selected for his fifth consecutive Olympic Games and won Double Trap gold in 2000.

Elena Allen, Commonwealth Games double gold medallist, goes in the Skeet.

Jennifer McIntosh, 20, and James Huckle, 21, are the youngest members of the squad and will make their Olympic debuts.

"To be able to compete on home turf is an absolute honour for me," said Faulds.

"I am very excited about competing in London, and I still remember exactly where I was when I heard that London was to be the host city. I remember thinking 'maybe I won't retire just yet!'"

Wilson added: "I've been training relentlessly for the last six years just to have this opportunity, and it really is a dream come true."

Team GB shooting squad: (name, discipline, born, hometown)

Elena Allen - Olympic Skeet Women (Moscow, Newport [South Wales])

Richard Brickell - Olympic Skeet Men (Newbury, Newbury)

Richard Faulds - Olympic Double Trap (Guildford, Highclere)

Georgina Geikie - 25m Pistol Women (Oakhampton, Exeter)

Jonathan Hammond - Prone Rifle Men (Aberdeen, West Virginia)

James Huckle - Three Position Rifle Men (Harlow, Harlow)

Ed Ling - Olympic Trap Men (Taunton, Wellington)

Jennifer McIntosh - Air Rifle Women (Edinburgh, Aberdeen)

Rory Warlow - Olympic Skeet Men (Plymouth, Plymouth)

Peter Wilson - Olympic Double Trap (Dorchester, Sherborne)

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