Alison Williamson selected for her sixth Olympic Games as Team GB's archery team was unveiled at Lord's.
GB archery professional has been handed final discretionary place
Alison Williamson was selected for her sixth Olympic Games as Team GB's archery team was unveiled at Lord's.
Williamson narrowly missed out on an automatic spot at the final selection shoot at Lilleshall in April but has been handed the final discretionary place, with Alan Wills earning the discretionary spot in the men's team.
Williamson's selection, confirmed by head coach Lloyd Brown and performance director Sara Symington, makes her only the third Briton after fencer Bill Hoskyns and javelin thrower Tessa Sanderson to win a place at six Olympic Games.
The host nation will have the maximum of three archers in both the men's and women's competitions and compete in both team events.
Amy Oliver, making her Olympic debut, and Naomi Folkard, appearing at the Games for a third time, join 40-year-old Williamson in the women's team after taking the top two places in the selection process.
Winning
Larry Godfrey will make a third Games appearance in the men's event with Simon Terry a fourth, after they topped the scoring at Lilleshall.
Wills, who joined the pair in Beijing in 2008, was widely tipped to be picked again and all but assured his place at the weekend when he, Godfrey and Terry took team gold in the World Cup event in Turkey.
Speaking after her selection was confirmed at the home of cricket - which will become the home of archery from July 27 to August 3 - Williamson added: "I'm so thrilled and proud to have made it to my sixth Olympics. It makes all the sacrifices, and all the hard work, over many years, worthwhile.
"Now I can start to look forward to the enormous honour of representing my country at a home Olympic Games. It just doesn't get any better."
Godfrey, fresh from the morale-boosting victory in Antalya at the weekend, said: "Winning that gold medal at the weekend proves that we're back in business and that's given us a real lift.
"But we won't be resting on our laurels, there's still a lot of work to do ahead of the Olympics, and trust me, the standards in Turkey were outstanding, and while we've proved what we're capable of, we all know that we have to be totally focused between now and the start of the Olympic archery tournament."
