QOC
Qatar shooters continued their impressive run at the 14th Arab Shooting Championships as Ahmed Zayed Al-Shammari and Riaz Khan finished first and second in the 25m standard pistol men's event on Friday.
At the Losail Shooting Range, Al-Shammari with a total of 565-11x finished first. Khan scored 559-14x to finish ahead of the third-placed Omani Muad A-Balushi, who shot 558-14x.
“I am satisfied with my performance in the championships. It was a very tough event as I was pitted against strong shooters from Kuwait and Oman. I give credit of my success to Qatar shooting federation's technical staff," al-Shammari said.
In the mixed trap event, Qatari pair of Rashid Hamad Al-Athba and Amna Al-Abdulla shot 31 to finish third.
Lebanon's Moussa and Ray Bassil scored 43 to win the event, while Kuwait's Abdulrahman al-Faihan and Sarah al-Hawal came second with 39.
Qatar youth shooters also performed admirably as Al-Maha Mishal Al-Ali with her dazzling performance won the 10m air rifle junior title. She fired 231.7. Second-placed Hadil Ahmed Al-Harbi of Oman scored 227.5 and her compatriot Arwa Samir Al-Touqi came third with 203,2.
In the 10m air rifle men youth, Khalid Nasser Al-Naemi came third. Qatar's Al-Dana Al-Mubarak and Osama Nasser Al-Shaiba also won the 10m air pistol mixed team gold.
Qatar's Shahd Al-Darwish won 10m air rifle youth women silver. The 10-day long championships will end on Saturday.
In this prestigious championship shooters are competing in several categories including Rifle, Pistol, Skeet, Trap and Double Trap which will take place from 16-25 November.
The event is bringing together more than 200 shooters (men and women) representing many countries including Oman, Sudan, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco and hosts Qatar.