Amber Rutter gives birth! Team GB 狙撃 星/主役にする welcomes a baby boy and she's still planning to compete at the Paris Olympics in July

Olympic Shotgun 支持する/優勝者 Amber Rutter has welcomed her first child.

The Team GB shooter, 26, 発表するd the happy news in a 共同の Instagram 地位,任命する with her husband James on Sunday, 株ing a photo of their son as they 噴出するd: 'Our beautiful boy, you are loved more than you could ever know Welcome to the world, Tommy Rutter - 25/04/24.'?

Amber, who is one of?Team GB's most decorated 狙撃 競技者s,?is still planning to compete at this summer's オリンピック in Paris.

Speaking to?BBC Sport?last month, she said her 計画(する) is to 再開する training six weeks after the birth and be in Team GB when the Games open on July 26th.?

The?Olympic Shotgun 支持する/優勝者 first 発表するd her pregnancy in October 経由で an Instagram 地位,任命する of her?and James, who she 結婚する in Thailand last year, 持つ/拘留するing up an ultrasound image of their baby.

Olympic Shotgun champion Amber Rutter has welcomed her first child - a baby boy

Olympic Shotgun 支持する/優勝者 Amber Rutter has welcomed her first child - a baby boy?

The Team GB shooter, 26, announced the happy news in a joint Instagram post with her husband James on Sunday, sharing a photo of their son

The Team GB shooter, 26, 発表するd the happy news in a 共同の Instagram 地位,任命する with her husband James on Sunday, 株ing a photo of their son

Amber announced the name of her baby boy in the sweet social media update

Amber 発表するd the 指名する of her baby boy in the 甘い social マスコミ update

She told BBC Sport that her thoughts すぐに turned to how she would juggle 存在 a new mum with the 冒険的な tournament, 説: 'When I 設立する out I was 妊娠している 即時に the fingers started going to work out how long I had until the Olympics.'

The Olympian said there's 'been a lot of talk' ahead of her competing about making sure there's 私的な areas for her to breastfeed her newborn in.?

The French Olympic 委員会 said in January that 施設s would be 供給するd for mothers competing at the Games who are travelling with their children.??

Amber, who specialises in スキート射撃, said the couple had been keen to start a family and 'didn't want to 持つ/拘留する off any longer'.?

She said: 'I feel like I was telling myself "Oh I'm a human 存在 before I'm an 競技者", but 現実に wh en I looked at the 活動/戦闘s that I was taking and what I was doing, and what my schedule was, I definitely wasn't prioritising myself and my dreams and things I 手配中の,お尋ね者 to do outside my sport."'

While she said bagging another gold メダル wasn't?'everything to me now', she's still 希望に満ちた she can 後継する at the 最高の,を越す level.?

The 競技者 said: 'I think the biggest challenge ahead will probably be just adjusting to 存在 a mum. I think I've held one baby in my life, which is 肉親,親類d of terrifying, and I'm やめる surprised I'm 許すd to go and have one for myself.'?

In 2021, Amber was unable to compete in the Tokyo Olympics after she 実験(する)d 肯定的な for Coronavirus.

Amber, who is one of Team GB 's most decorated shooting athletes, is still planning to compete at this summer's Olympic Games in Paris

Amber, who is one of Team GB 's most decorated 狙撃 競技者s, is still planning to compete at this summer's オリンピック in Paris?

Speaking to BBC Sport last month, she said her plan is to resume training six weeks after the birth and be in Team GB when the Games open on July 26th

Speaking to BBC Sport last month, she said her 計画(する) is to 再開する training six weeks after the birth and be in Team GB when the Games open on July 26th

Her 捕らえる、獲得するs had already been packed and she was 準備するing for 早期に night before catching the 計画(する).

And suddenly, her dream ? one she had been 準備するing for since she was ten, and which seemed finally within touching distance ? was over.

She told the MailOnline last year: 'I was just in shock when I saw the line on the first 実験(する),' she says, still barely able to take it in. 'I'd been doing lateral flow 実験(する)s twice a day, so it was 決まりきった仕事.'

'I'd been 孤立するing so hadn't been out ? I'd even had an Ocado 配達/演説/出産 for the sn acks and toiletries I was going to take with me. I'd been through all the 道具, and I was just settling 負かす/撃墜する to watch Love Island.'

Pro:?Amber, who typically specialises in skeet, has won medals in major international competitions, spanning the ISSF World Cup series, and the inaugural European Games

プロの/賛成の:?Amber, who typically specialises in スキート射撃, has won メダルs in major international 競争s, spanning the ISSF World Cup series, and the 就任の European Games

'And I saw the faintest of lines. My heart sank. I thought "No way, this cannot be happening", and did another 実験(する). And another. And another. I was in 完全にする shock. In total, I did five, and I knew. My Olympic 旅行 was over. I would not be going.

'I just broke 負かす/撃墜する, sobbing. I took half an hour before I could even get words out. My coach was the first person I called. When I spoke to Paul, my sports psychologist, he said "I'm really struggling to be your psychologist now because you are my friend. I feel your 苦痛. I am just gutted."

Amber has won メダルs in several major international 競争s, spanning the ISSF World Cup series, and the 就任の European Games held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

The couple announced they were expecting their first child in October 2023

The couple 発表するd they were 推定する/予想するing their first child in October 2023

With husband James after tying the knot in a lavish ceremony in Thailand in February

With husband James after tying the knot in a lavish 儀式 in Thailand in February