Engachev clinches 50m pistol gold in Emir Cup

By Sports Reporter/DohaOleg Engachev clinched gold in the 50m pistol event Emir Cup shooting Championship yesterday.At the Losail Shooting Range Engachev, who had won three gold at last year’s Emir Cup edged Konstantin Maltsev to win the gold in the event. Engachev, who did not take part in the recently concluded Qatar Cup as he was on a vacation, hit the target with perfection.Ahmed.Zaied al-Shammari had to settle for the bronze. In the junior section, Faleh al-Enaizi, won followed by Abdulaziz.Abdullah al-Shammari, while Turky Othman al-Yafei finished third.Qatar’s Hanadi Salem and Bahia al-Hamad made impressive performance to win women’s pistol gold medal and women’s rife 10m gold medal on Friday. Hanadi Salem confidently claimed the gold medal in the women’s pistol event, ahead to Nasrah Mohammed who managed in the second place and the bronze medal went to Al Dana al-Mubarak. In women’s rifle 10m event, Bahia al-Hamad clinched the gold medal, Noora al-Mohannadi won the silver medal and Mahboobah Akhalaqi seized the bronze medal.