The 42-year-old daytime TV presenter has received coaching from Peter Wilson, who won gold in the double trap at London 2012, and is now eyeing up a spot at the Rio Games after being told she has "a natural gift" for shooting.
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"The feeling when you hit the clays is amazing," Sykes told The Sun. "It's cool. When I really like something and get into it I get quite obsessed with it. I get addicted to things and would put in the time.
"I'd love to be able to compete in Rio in 2016. Who says you can't have a go at making it to the Olympics?"
Sykes and Wilson first got in contact on Twitter and a training session was arranged after they met in person at The Sun's Military Awards.
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"If she put in the work she could make Rio," Wilson claimed.
Bookmakers Paddy Power have already given relatively short odds of 25/1 that Sykes will represent Great Britain at a Rio 2016 shooting event, and 50/1 that she will win gold.
Sykes hit headlines last year after exchanging racy tweets with 26-year-old lover Jack Cockings, to whom she is now engaged.
"A lot has been made of Jack's age, but I always go for younger men," she said in an interview last year.
"I'm very silly and you don't tend to meet that many 40-year-old men who want to lark around."
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