Kuwait’s Al-Rashidi wins skeet bronze

13/08/2016

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Gold medalist Gabriele Rossetti (center), of Italy flanked by silver medalist Marcus Svensson (left), of Sweden and bronze medalist Abdullah Al-Rashidi (right), an independent athlete from Kuwait competing on the Refugee Olympic Team, kiss their medals during the victory ceremony for the men’s skeet gold medal match at the Olympic Shooting Center at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug 13. (AP)

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 13, (Agencies): Kuwait’s Abdullah Al-Rashidi won the bronze medal in the skeet championship in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, held in Brazil, on Saturday. Al-Rashidi hit all 16 discs to beat Ukrainian Mikola Milchev, who missed two to settle at 14 discs.

Meanwhile, young Italian Gabriele Rossetti gave his country its third gold medal in Olympic shooting with a perfect score in the men’s skeet event on Saturday. The compact 21-year-old, a first-time Olympian and police officer, had perfect 16s in the semi-final and final, defeating 26-year-old Marcus Svensson of Sweden by just one shot. After Al-Rashidi beat Mikola Milchev of Ukraine, the 52-year-old Rashidi waved to the crowd as they chanted “Mustache!” in Portuguese and then kissed the ground.

He is the second Kuwaiti competing under the Olympic flag to medal in shooting this week while their country is banned by the International Olympic Committee. American two-time and defending Olympic champion Vincent Hancock did not qualify for the semi-finals. He was vying to become the first shooter to win a specific men’s event at three Olympic Games in a row.

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13/08/2016