Al Sharshani and Athba win mixed skeet bronze

alt
September 28, 2023
shooing
feed type icon
28-September-2023

Al Sharshani and Athba win mixed skeet bronze

Hangzhou: Meanwhile, Reem Al Sharshani and Rashid Saleh Al Athba combined to land the third skeet medal for Qatar at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou on Thursday. 

|In the bronze medal play-off final, the pair missed just two targets each as they outplayed Bahrain’s Tammar Ali Alwatt and Maryam Alasam 44-37.

Kazakhstan’s Eduard Yechshenko and Assem Orynbay hit 40 targets to take the gold, while Kuwaiti veteran Abdullah Al Rashidi and teaming up with Eman Al Shamaa could only strike 35 to settle for the silver. The Kuwaiti pair had topped the qualifying stage with 149 hits, equaling the qualification world record of the event.

Al Sharshani, who missed out on a women’s individual medal after finishing fifth in the final on Wednesday, was thrilled to have won the medal. “I am proud to win the first Asian Games medal for my country. This medal is a huge boost for me in the competitions ahead as I look to win more medals for Qatar,” she said.

Al Athba, who was also a part of silver winning skeet team along with Al Attiyah and his brother Masoud, said: “We delivered a good performance and won bronze with a good lead. Reem was very impressive. We were aiming for a gold medal but winning a bronze is also special.”