Manama : B ahrain's hopes of winning their maiden medal yesterday at the Fourth Islamic Solidarity Games, being held in Baku, Azerbaijan vanished after Maryam Hassani came fourth in the women's Skeet event. The only Bahraini shooter who made it into the final after coming second
Manama : Bahrain’s hopes of winning their maiden medal yesterday at the Fourth Islamic Solidarity Games, being held in Baku, Azerbaijan vanished after Maryam Hassani came fourth in the women’s Skeet event.
The only Bahraini shooter who made it into the final after coming second in the qualifying round with 68 points earlier yesterday was hoping to finish in the top three, but could only finish fourth.
Turkish shooter Banu Noor captured the competition’s gold medal, followed by Nurlana Jafarova of hosts Azerbaijan for the silver and Izle Aydin, also of Turkey for bronze.
Shooting events continue today with the men’s skeet competition where the trio of Hassan Mohammed, Nasser Khalaf and Tammar Al Watt look to make up for the women’s unfortunate finish and to grab one of the three medals for Bahrain.
Meanwhile, Bahrain has high hopes today when the athletics events kick off at Baku Olympic Stadium, located near the Olympic Village, from 9.25am (Bahrain time).
Iman Isa and Hajer Al Amiri will start Bahrain’s medal hunt when they take part in the women’s 100m heats, while Andrew Fisher fights it out in the men’s 100m qualifying races.
Later on, Abbas Abubaker and Ali Khamis will line up for the men’s 400m heats, then Manal Elbahraoui and Marta Yota enter the women’s 800m heats.
Athletic events continue in the evening with the second session of the competitions as the men’s and women’s 100m semi-finals and final take place, in addition to the men’s 400m semi-finals, while Aweke Yimer and Linus Kiplagat will both take part in the men’s 5,000m final.
Bahrain’s progress was closely followed by Supreme Council for Youth and Sports deputy general secretary and Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) general secretary Abdulrahman Askar, who arrived in Baku yesterday to head the kingdom’s delegation.
