British teen archer inspired by Disney movie holds back tears after team exit

Penny Healey will concentrate on the individual archery event after the British women’s team’s exit. Photograph: Alex Pantling/Getty Images

Teenage archer Penny Healey admitted that she was struggling to hold in the tears after the British women’s archery team was knocked out of the Paris Games by Germany.

The 19-year-old, who was inspired to take up the sport after watching the Disney-Pixar film Brave, said there had been some early nerves during the tie but insisted she would pick herself up for the individual event on Thursday.