Shooting: Olympic champion Niccolo Campriani on a great quest to help three refugees qualify for 2020 Tokyo Games

Olympic gold medallist Campriani is on a 500-day mission to help 3 rookie shooters attain eligibility for Tokyo Games

Three-time Olympic shooting gold medallist Niccolo Campriani of Italy (right) training refugees Khaoula (far left) and Mahdi at the World Archery Excellence Centre in Lausanne.
Three-time Olympic shooting gold medallist Niccolo Campriani of Italy (right) training refugees Khaoula (far left) and Mahdi at the World Archery Excellence Centre in Lausanne. PHOTO: OLYMPIC CHANNEL
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If you want to witness the splendour of sport, if you wish to know how unity works, if you would like to understand how lives can alter, then go to the World Archery Excellence Centre in Lausanne.

This is what you will find.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on September 08, 2019, with the headline Shooting: Olympic champion Niccolo Campriani on a great quest to help three refugees qualify for 2020 Tokyo Games. Subscribe