- Coward-Holley delighted with ‘phenomenal’ achievement
- Back injury ended 26-year-old’s rugby career a decade ago
Matt Coward-Holley stood on an Olympic podium on Thursday and shook his head in disbelief as he collected bronze in the men’s trap shooting.
A little over a decade ago, the 26-year-old was lying in hospital, his dreams of a career in professional rugby ended by a second serious back injury, but he has now converted himself into a world and European champion shooter – and an Olympic medallist to boot.