Danielle Brown’s hopes of repeating her Commonwealth Games heroics at the London Olympics might have been dashed before they even got started, but you won’t hear the Lothersdale archer complaining.

The 22-year-old announced herself on the world stage back in October as she became the first disabled athlete to win an able-bodied medal in Delhi, helping England to gold in the team compound.

But with just recurve events on the Olympic schedule for London and not compound, Brown’s assault on the capital will be restricted to the Paralympics, just 500 days away as of April 4.

And former South Craven School pupil Brown insists this suits her right down to the ground, even if it means a change to her 2011 calendar.

“The World Championships in July are my main aim in the year and I was going to do both the able-bodied and disabled competitions but with next year in mind I am just doing the disabled champs,” she said.

“I still want to do some able-bodied competitions but since I can only enter the Paralympics I need to think about the bigger picture.

“If I had done both, not only are they back to back and I would have been away for ages but they are also at completely different distances and I felt it was better to concentrate on the disabled event.

“I am more than happy to be doing the Paralympics and, at the end of the day, I want to be involved in London 2012 whichever way I can.

“I can’t think of anything better than being a part of a Paralympics in front of your home crowd and I hope they can cheer me on to the gold.”

Brown’s Indian success not only got her a move to the GB national centre at Lilleshall National Sport Centre but also a new coach in the form of Kim Lucas.

And after pleading for Lucas to join her team since she was a teenager, Brown – who learned her skill at Aire Valley Archers – is convinced the added help is already paying dividends.

“2010 was an amazing year for me and not just in terms of results because as of November Kim finally agreed to coach me after four years of begging,” she added.

“While last year went well I knew I still have areas I could improve and Kim has helped me out a lot and I feel as though I am a much better archer thanks to him.

“I am more confident than I have ever been and I can’t wait to show what I am about in Torino at the World Championships.”

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