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Doha
Qatar shooter Rashid Saleh Al Athba won a direct qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympics on Sunday claiming bronze medal in the men’s skeet event at the ongoing International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Shotgun Championships 2022 in Osijek, Croatia.
Al Athba returned a final score tally of 28 in a tight medals battle. Egypt’s Azmy Mehelba (40), andUSA’s Vincent Hancock (35) won the top two podium places.
Sweden’s Stefan Nilsson ended up fourth with a tally of 17.
This will be Rashid Al Athba’s third Olympic participation. The 42-year-old has earlier competed in the men’s double trap at the 2004 Athens Olympics, and the trap and double trap events at the 2012 London Olympics.
Paris 2024 Olympic quota spots are on offer with the world’s top shotgun shooters (633 athletes representing 77 nations) competing for world titles in trap (26 to 30 September) and skeet (7 to 11 October) in Croatia.
Direct qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympics is on offer at the Osijek event, with 16 quota spots to be awarded in the individual events - 8 in trap and 8 in skeet.
In addition to four individual competitions which each offer four Olympic quota spots - men’s skeet, women’s skeet, men’s trap, and women’s trap - there are also world titles to be won in men’s and women’s team competitions (three shooters each) and mixed team (one woman and one man) in skeet and trap.
Most of the top shooters are involved, with many world and Olympic champions and medallists in attendance, plus several newly crowned continental champions from the 2022 European Championship in Shotgun.
