NAGOYA, Japan : Qatar’s Mohammed Al-Rumaihi and Ray Bassil won silver in the mixed trap event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday, taking the country’s shooting medal tally to four.
The Qatari pair hit 32 targets to finish second. India’s Kynan Chenai and Neeru won gold with 34 targets, while China’s Qi Ying and Sun Yunong took bronze with 24.
Qatar’s shooting campaign began with gold in the men’s team skeet event for Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah, Rashid Saleh Al-Athba and Ali Ahmed Al-Ishaq. Al-Athba then won individual skeet gold with a new Asian record.
Mohammed Al-Rumaihi, Saeed Hamad Abu Sharib and Angelo Scalzone added silver in the men’s team trap event before Al-Rumaihi and Bassil secured another silver in the mixed event.
The latest result took Qatar’s overall Asian Games medal tally to 13, comprising three gold, six silver and four bronze.
The shooting programme concludes on Thursday with the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol event, where Qatar will be represented by Mohammed Nasser Al-Yafei.
Qatar’s four shooting medals — two gold and two silver — have contributed significantly to its overall medal tally as the country enters the final stages of its Asian Games campaign.
