Kuwait’s Abdullah Alrashidi shoots bronze at 58

Kuwait’s Abdullah Alrashidi celebrates on the podium yesterday. Pic/AFP

Age is not just a number but also a driving force in Abdullah Alrashidi's quest for doing things as rare as winning an Olympic medal at 58 and activities as striking as shooting in the sport's showpiece wearing an Arsenal FC shirt.

On Monday, the seven-time Olympian claimed the bronze medal in the men's skeet event and soon after pulling off what not many have in the history of Olympics, promised to go for gold at 2024 Paris, by which time he will have become a sexagenarian.

"I am 58 years old. I am the oldest shooter and the bronze medal is worth more than gold for me. I am very happy for this medal, but I hope, at the next Olympics, gold medal.

Paris!" he told the Olympic Information Service at the Asaka Shooting Range. The great Vincent Hancock gave the United States a sweep after becoming the first skeet shooter to win three gold medals. But it was the shooter from Kuwait who was trending at the end of their finals. Alrashidi, who started his Olympic journey at Atlanta 1996, shot 46 in the six-man finals to earn the bronze. Denmark's Jesper Hansen settled for silver with 55 points.

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