Al-Shammari, Khan lock top two spots in 25m pistol event

Qatar shooters continued their impressive run at the 14th Arab Shooting Championships as Ahmed Zayed al-Shammari and Riaz Khan finished first and second in the 25m standard pistol men’s event yesterday.At the Losail Shooting Range, al-Shammari with a total of 565-11x finished first. Khan scored 559-14x to finish ahead of the third-placed Omani Muad al-Balushi, who shot 558-14x.“I am satisfied with my performance in the championships. It was a very tough event as I was pitted against strong shooters from Kuwait and Oman. I give credit of my success to Qatar shooting federation’s technical staff,” al-Shammari said.In the mixed trap event, Qatari pair of Rashid Hamad al-Athba and Amna al-Abdulla shot 31 to finish third.Lebanon’s Moussa and Ray Bassil scored 43 to win the event, while Kuwait’s Abdulrahman al-Faihan and Sarah al-Hawal came second with 39.Qatar youth shooters also performed admirably as Al-Maha Mishal al-Ali with her dazzling performance won the 10m air rifle junior title. She fired 231.7. Second-placed Hadil Ahmed al-Harbi of Oman scored 227.5 and her compatriot Arwa Samir al-Touqi came third with 203,2.In the 10m air rifle men youth, Khalid Nasser al-Naemi came third.Qatar’s Al-Dana al-Mubarak and Osama Nasser al-Shaiba also won the 10m air pistol mixed team gold.Qatar’s Shahd al-Darwish won 10m air rifle youth women silver.The 10-day long championships will end today.(From left) Second-placed Hadil Ahmed al-Harbi of Oman, winner Al-Maha Mishal al-Ali of Qatar and third-placed Arwa Samir al-Touqi of Oman pose with their 10m air rifle junior women medals yesterday.