Joe, 10, sets sights on Laser-Run World Cup after double gold win in Germany

The Laser-Run competition involves a mix of running and target shooting with laser pistols, with athletes running a starting 10m distance before going on to shoot five targets, then 300m and another five targets, and then another 300m to the finish line.

Joe competed against other athletes from around Europe to take the prize and has now set his sights on the World Championship in August.

Him mum, Lindsey Bailey, 46, said: "We are so proud of him, absolutely over the moon. He has only been doing this for about a year really. We originally went to Discovery Laser-Run in Bath and his love for it just started from there.

"Everyone is immensely proud of him and how far he has come in the last year, he really seems to be a natural at it and he just takes it in his stride. We are really proud."

Ms Bailey continued: "He is naturally competitive, he is always on the go or doing something. He loves his motocross bike and his BMX. He seems to love almost any sport that is competitive like that and he is really humble.

"He said before the competition that he really wants to win, he has that competitive side to him, but he is really humble as well. We are just so proud of him."

Zoe Fearnett, Joe's class teacher at Gorsemoor Primary School in Cannock, has said the whole school is behind the future champion.

Ms Fearnett said: "It was a complete shock< He came into school one day and told us that he had become number one in Great Britain for the Laser-Run tournament.

"He's such a focused student, I don't think any of us here were surprised that he has managed to achieve what he has honestly. He has made everyone so proud, he completely embodies our school's values and he is such an inspiration to the other students as well."

Joe will now go on to compete in the Laser-Run World Championships in Bath in August, where he will again compete for Team GB for the chance to be crowned a world champion.