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Bahya Al Hamad to Compete in Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions

London, August 04 (QNA) - Qatar's Shooter Bahya Mansour Al Hamad will participate in Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions competition at the 2012 Olympic Games on Saturday, Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) reported. Al-Hamad last Saturday narrowly missed out on a main draw berth in the 10m air rifle competition at the Royal Artillery Barracks shooting rage. Bahya, with a tally of 395-30x, finished in 17th spot out of 56 shooters. Al-Hamad confidently claimed 2 gold medals in the women's rifle event at the outgoing Arab Games 2011, she also qualified to the Youth Olympic Games 2010. On the other hand, Rashid Al-Athba will conclude his training sessions on Saturday before participation in Men s Trap Competitions to be held on 05 and 06 August 2012. Men s Trap Competition will be held at Royal Artillery Barracks with participation of 32 shooters from India, Great Britain, France, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Australia. Earlier on Thursday, Al-Athba occupied the seventh place in Men s Double Trap Competition. Peter Wilson of Great Britain claimed the gold medal . Hakan Dahlby took silver while, Russian Vasily Mosin won bronze after a shoot-off with Kuwaiti Fehaid Aldeehani. (QNA)

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