Bookaar shooter Penny Smith is seeing the positives of having to wait another year to realise her Olympic dream.
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The rescheduled Tokyo 2020 games will be celebrated from July 23 to August 8, 2021.
The trap shooter qualified for her first games in April.
She is going to use the next 14 months to prepare as best she can.
"(For) the Olympics now to be bumped back to next year, it is a bit of a disappointment but everyone's health is the most important thing," she said in a Fox sports news interview this week.
"It's certainly good for us as athletes to get another 14 months to prepare and train for the games."
She'll use the time to plan for the event.
"It gives you more time to prepare yourself," she said.
"There wasn't going to be much time between the end of selection finishing and the Olympic Games.
"There was only going to be about three and a half months, so it was a pretty short turnaround."
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The lifeguard and swim teacher at Bluewater Leisure Centre in Colac can't work there because the complex is closed at the moment.
But the talented shooter, a South West Academy of Sport alumni athlete, said she had plenty of work to do on her family's farm.
Smith has been training two or three times a week at home.
Meanwhile, clay target shooters have been given the go ahead by the Victorian Clay Target Association.
But there are strict Australian Clay Target Association rules to follow as well as the state government restrictions (no more than 10 people to gather outdoors).
It essentially means practice activities can recommence.
"Firstly, clubs must make themselves aware of the ACTA's COVID-19 Club Compliance Guidelines and strictly adhere to the recommendations it contains," a VCTA statement on Tuesday read.
"Secondly, clubs must contact the ACTA CEO (Paul Gilbert) and inform him of their compliance and when their activities will recommence. This is most important as it is required for insurance purposes."
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