Six-time Olympian Fehaid Aldeehani battled wet and blustery conditions to win the gold medal in the men's double trap event on Wednesday Aug 10,2016
A 49-year-old Kuwaiti competing under the Olympic flag, Fehaid Aldeehani defeated Marco Innocenti of Italy in the duel for gold, nailing 26 orange targets out of 30 to Innocenti's 24.
The bronze medal went to Steven Scott who defeated fellow Briton Tim Kneale with a perfect score of 30 in their match-up for third place.
Fehaid Aldeehani won bronze in double trap in Sydney 2000, when he became the first Kuwaiti of any sport to win a medal at the Olympic Games.
Fehaid Aldeehani won another bronze in trap in London 2012
Kuwait shooter Fehaid al-Deehani, competing as one of
the nine Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA), won men’s double trap gold
on Wednesday.
Al-Deehani, bronze medallist in Sydney
and London, was forced to take part as a neutral as Kuwait is suspended
by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over government
interference in sport.
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