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Japan: Kuwaiti sport shooter Rashidi, 58, vows to 'do better in Paris Olympic Games' as he wins bronze in skeet shooting ٠٠:٠١:١٤
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Kuwaiti sport shooter Abdullah al-Tarqi al-Rashidi won bronze in the skeet shooting competition for men at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, on Monday.

The 58-year-old Rashidi hit 46 out of 60 plates. USA's Vincent Hancock Jesper Hansen of Denmark secured the gold and silver medals respectively.

Hancock scored 59 points, setting a new world record, while Hansen scored 55 points.

"Of course, I have been selected to participate only 7 days before the competition. This made me make greater efforts in training camps near Tokyo where I used to train twice a day –morning and evening – so I reach this level. I can do better in the Paris Olympic games, God’s willing," Rashidi said in a press conference after the competition.

By winning the bronze medal, Rashidi brought his country the first medal in the Tokyo Olympics and the third in the history of Kuwait’s participation in Olympic games, after his previous bronze medal in the Rio De Janeiro Olympics, and another bronze medal by shooter Fahd al-Dihani in the Sydney Olympics.

Japan: Kuwaiti sport shooter Rashidi, 58, vows to 'do better in Paris Olympic Games' as he wins bronze in skeet shooting

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Kuwaiti sport shooter Abdullah al-Tarqi al-Rashidi won bronze in the skeet shooting competition for men at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, on Monday.

The 58-year-old Rashidi hit 46 out of 60 plates. USA's Vincent Hancock Jesper Hansen of Denmark secured the gold and silver medals respectively.

Hancock scored 59 points, setting a new world record, while Hansen scored 55 points.

"Of course, I have been selected to participate only 7 days before the competition. This made me make greater efforts in training camps near Tokyo where I used to train twice a day –morning and evening – so I reach this level. I can do better in the Paris Olympic games, God’s willing," Rashidi said in a press conference after the competition.

By winning the bronze medal, Rashidi brought his country the first medal in the Tokyo Olympics and the third in the history of Kuwait’s participation in Olympic games, after his previous bronze medal in the Rio De Janeiro Olympics, and another bronze medal by shooter Fahd al-Dihani in the Sydney Olympics.

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Kuwaiti sport shooter Abdullah al-Tarqi al-Rashidi won bronze in the skeet shooting competition for men at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, on Monday.

The 58-year-old Rashidi hit 46 out of 60 plates. USA's Vincent Hancock Jesper Hansen of Denmark secured the gold and silver medals respectively.

Hancock scored 59 points, setting a new world record, while Hansen scored 55 points.

"Of course, I have been selected to participate only 7 days before the competition. This made me make greater efforts in training camps near Tokyo where I used to train twice a day –morning and evening – so I reach this level. I can do better in the Paris Olympic games, God’s willing," Rashidi said in a press conference after the competition.

By winning the bronze medal, Rashidi brought his country the first medal in the Tokyo Olympics and the third in the history of Kuwait’s participation in Olympic games, after his previous bronze medal in the Rio De Janeiro Olympics, and another bronze medal by shooter Fahd al-Dihani in the Sydney Olympics.

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