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Article: Oly: Shotgun wedding anniversary for Vella
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- August 16, 2004
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AAP General News (Australia)
08-16-2004
Oly: Shotgun wedding anniversary for Vella
By Sharon Mathieson
ATHENS, Aug 16 AAP - It was a shotgun wedding anniversary for Adam Vella when he won
a bronze medal six years to the day after he married wife Fiorella.
The Victorian defied predictions to take bronze in the trap shooting at his first Olympic
Games, while gold medal favourite Michael Diamond failed to make the final.
Vella shot consistently over two days and dropped just one target in the final for
an overall score of 145 out of 150 in windy conditions yesterday.
Vella said today his pregnant wife, who stayed at home in Melbourne with their four-year-old
daughter Alessandra, was ...