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Amber Hill claimed Great Britain's first shooting gold at the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, while team-mate James Heatly won diving gold.

The 17-year-old Hill beat Italy's Diana Bacosi in the women's skeet after a lengthy and tense battle that went to a 30 clay shoot-off.

Heatly, 18, triumphed in the men's 3m springboard to finish on 541.65 points, 18 clear of Italy's Ruslan Cristofori.

Meanwhile, Brinn Bevan, 18, won a bronze in the pommel horse.

"I didn't think I was really in with a chance of a medal," he said.

"It's my first senior international up against all these big names so it's been great just mixing with them. I'm really chuffed."

Hill was named the 91Èȱ¬'s Young Sports Personality of the Year in 2013 after she became the youngest winner of a senior World Cup in skeet shooting.

Opponent Bacosi missed one of her final pair but Hill scored with both hers for a win that earns Team GB a third shooting place for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

"I'm so proud and honoured," she told 91Èȱ¬ Sport. "I knew I wasn't going to let her win because I have been fighting so hard for this.

"I can't believe it's finally happened after a bit of a rocky start to the year so I am just absolutely buzzing."

Heatly made it a hat-trick of medals in the competition after winning silver in the 3m synchronised springboard and bronze in the 1m springboard.

"At the beginning of the event I didn't think I would do it," said Heatly.

"I'm over the moon to win three medals, especially as I didn't expect it. I'm going to go and see my parents now and give my grandad a call."

British boxer Sandy Ryan advanced to the quarter-finals of the women's light-welterweight division with a points win over Germany's Cindy Rogge.

Ryan, who won a silver medal at the World Championship in November, faces home favourite Elena Vystropova in the last-eight.

In the men's super-heavyweight division, Joe Joyce knocked down Moldovan Alexei Zavatin three times on his way to a powerful first-round stoppage.

But Bury flyweight Muhammad Ali - on his 19th birthday - suffered a cut from a head clash towards the end of the first round against Italy's Vincenzo Picardi and was ruled out of the tie.