{"id":99493,"date":"2023-05-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/?guid=24631f3f55928a620bb6c7e3cdaf71b0"},"modified":"2023-05-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T00:00:00","slug":"kuwaiti-shooter-al-rashidi-snatches-fourth-place-in-issf-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/kuwaiti-shooter-al-rashidi-snatches-fourth-place-in-issf-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuwaiti shooter Al-Rashidi snatches fourth place in ISSF World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kuwaiti shooter Talal Al-Rashidi came fourth in the Trap men’s competition of the International Shooting Federation World Cup which concluded in Cairo Thursday. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“This is a great achievement for Kuwaiti and Arab shooting sport,” head of Kuwait’s delegation to the championship Nedhal Omar told KUNA. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“The competition was ferocious and qualification for the final was not an easy task at all,” he added. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
For his part, Al-Rashidi said this achievement shows that Kuwaiti shooters are well prepared for the coming tournaments. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He noted that the next goal is to book a seat at the Paris Olympic Games 2024 and grab a medal in it. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Kuwaiti shooter Al-Mudhaf, who ranked fourth at the qualifications rounds of the same competition, expressed pride of the achievement, noting that they competed world and Olympic champions. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He described Kuwait’s winning of the fourth positon in the World Cup as an honorable result for all Arab countries. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He pointed out that Kuwaiti shooters’ qualification for the final was a “victory” itself. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“This achievement presents Kuwait as one of the best world countries in the shooting sport”, he said. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Czech shooter Jiri Liptak won the gold medal, Italian shooter Massimo Fabbrizi grabbed the silver medal, while the bronze medal went to the Australian shooter James Willett. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: Kuwait News Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kuwaiti shooter Talal Al-Rashidi came fourth in the Trap men’s competition of the International Shooting Federation World Cup which concluded in Cairo Thursday. “This is a great achievement for Kuwaiti and Arab shooting sport,” head of Kuwait’s delegat…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1781],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n