Mcintosh makes her own mark with double bronze

Seonaid Mcintosh has always been the kid sister in the shadow, the one eager to write her own story no matter how compelling the tales of success composed by her sibling Jen.

However, the pair will depart Brisbane with contrasting returns from these Games, the elder unable to add to her collection of five Commonwealth medals but the younger now with two bronzes of her own which might illuminate her career, the second secured in yesterday’s 50 metres 3-position event.

Previously third in the 50m rifle, the 22-year-old from Edinburgh compiled a score of 444 points but could not disrupt an Indian duopoly which brought Tejaswini Sawant and Anjum Moudgil silver and gold.

“My competition this round wasn’t as good as I hoped,” she said. “But I was happy to get in the final. I could have been better but I’m happy with it. I struggled a bit with the wind.”

Jen, four years her senior, finished eighth and well short of her usual targets at the end of a week which might cause some reappraisal as she looks ahead, potentially, to another Olympic appearance in Tokyo.

“It’s not been a particularly good week,” she acknowledged. “Everything’s been a bit below par. The air rifle in particular was below par. Here, the nerve wasn’t there in the final. I worked hard in qualification and I’m out of steam.” Elsewhere, Sharon Niven was sixth in the women’s trap.