Victorious Kuwait shooting team returns home

KUWAIT: The Kuwait National men and women teams arrived to a hero’s welcome yesterday after participating in the Arab Shooting Championship that was held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt in the 10m Air Pistol and Rifle.

The team were received by President of the Arab and Kuwait Shooting Federations Engineer Duaij Al-Otaibi, Secretary General Obaid Al-Osaimi and Kuwait Shooting Sport Club officials.

Engineer Duaij Al-Otaibi said Kuwait Shooters results during the Arab Championship were good, and he thanked the head of the delegation Dr. Nedal Asem, officials, coaches and players who participated in the tournament.

He congratulated the team on their results as they proved to be competitive in the rifle and pistol.

Eng Al-Otaibi dedicated the win to HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and the Kuwait people.

Meanwhile, results of the tournament were: shooter Mariam Erzouqi won the individuals 10m air rifle silver medal with the score of 615.7 points. Meanwhile the team of Mariam Erzouqi, Fatima Emad and Zahraa Al-Saffar won the silver medal with 1826.7 points.

In the air pistol event Hamad AlNamshan won the silver medal in the individual event with 575 points as the team of Hamad Al-Namshan, Ali Al-Mutairi and Saad Al-Ajmi took third place with the score of 1690 points.

The tournament saw 300 shooters representing 12 countries, they are: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain, Iraq, Algeria, Tunis, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Oman in addition to the host country Egypt.