[3] Bailey was taken to hospital and placed in a five-day coma while doctors treated her damaged spine, broken back, liver, and ribs.
[2] While she was recovering at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, she was offered several sports,[3] but had so many injuries to her body that shooting seemed to be the best option.
[5] Bailey did not qualify for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio but was given a wildcard,[2] so she attended the event along with her friend and fellow pistol shooter Stewart Nangle.
[3] When the teams were announced for the postponed 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Bailey was included after her ninth-place finish in Sydney at the 2019 World Championships.
[1] The other British women shooters bound for Tokyo are Olympians Kirsty Hegarty (women’s Olympic trap) and Seonaid McIntosh and Paralympians Lorraine Lambert[6] and Lesley Stewart,[7] but Bailey will be the only British pistol shooter.