By Sports Reporter/Doha


Maltsev Konstantin emerged as the most successful shooter at Qatar Cup for Shooting and Archery as he won the fifth medal yesterday at the Losail Shooting Range.
On the final day yesterday, the Qatar army shooter fired 570 with 13x to win the 25m Centre Fire Pistol gold. He defeated Mohamed Rakhimov Azizjon by 19 shots. This title was his fourth one of the event, along with a bronze medal. He had earlier won the 10m Air Pistol, the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol and 25m Standard Pistol.
Riaz Rustam Khan, despite a sharp pain in the shooting hand thumb, beat Zafer Faraz al-Qahtani in a shootoff to win the bronze medal.
In other events of the day, Masoud Saleh emerged the champion in the Men’s Skeet, beating Khalid al Muhannadi in a tight finish by 13-12. There was an equally thrilling competition for the bronze medal as well. Saeed Abusharib however prevailed over, winning the match-up by 15-12.
The Men’s Trap title was claimed by Mohammed Dablan al-Adba, who beat Masoud Ali al-Adba by 12-9. Masoud Hamad bagged the bronze medal when he got the better of al Rumaihi by 12-11.
Abdulaziz al Abbasi won men’s two gold medals in archery. In the Compound competition, he defeated Ishraf Rustam and Ahmed al Abbasi. He completed his double with a win over Ahmed al Abbasi in the Olympic Round. The third place went to Farhan al Assadi.


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