Al-Harbi wins horseback archery championship

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KUWAIT CITY, March 23: Today at nine in the morning will witness the qualifiers for the men’s and women’s skeet competition by throwing 75 dishes in the championship of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, may God protect him and his patronage, the major international shooting held at the Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Shooting Complex, with the participation of more than 200 shooters, representing 20 Arab and foreign countries. The championship competitions will conclude on Friday with the skeet shooting finals, after the shooters complete 50 goals, bringing the total to 125 goals. Six shooters will qualify for the final, vying for the top three positions.

On the other hand, the shooter Nayef Al-Harbi won the horseback archery championship, which was held on the sidelines of the Prince Archery Championship. Abdulaziz Al-Sharekh came in second place, followed by Ibrahim Al-Enezi, Abdullah Al-Daihani, Osama Yassin and Abdulmohsen Dulaim. The heroes were honored by the President of the Kuwaiti and Arab Federations, Eng. Duaij Khalaf Al-Otaibi. The shooter Nayef Al-Harbi expressed his happiness for winning a cup in the archery championship. He said, “By holding this competition in this great forum is an important step towards spreading this traditional game among young people.” For his part, the Acting Technical Director and Director of Al-Khartoush Fields, MashfiAl-Mutairi, confirmed that the preparations for holding the championship competitions were completed, adding that preparing the fields for the competitions took place in record time, within only two weeks.

Al-Mutairi stressed that the Kuwaiti shooting with the cartridge occupies the fourth place in the world, and the shooters enjoy a great reputation globally thanks to the unlimited support of the officials. Sudanese shooter Khadija Omar said that her participation in the Prince’s International Championship comes within the framework of her full keenness to be present in these very important competitions, which contain a large number of distinguished shooters, which gives her a great opportunity for friction at a large level that will have a return on her in the future. She praised the high and distinguished organization of the tournament, and said that the organizers of the HH The Emir’s International Championship paid attention to every detail and overcame all obstacles in front of the participants to present a distinguished level.

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