RIYADH: Saudi shooter Saeed Al-Mutairi has exited Tokyo 2020 after failing to qualify for the final of the men’s skeet competition at Asaka Shooting Range on Monday.
The 51-year-old’s final score of 119 was not enough to see him progress despite a second day of qualification that saw him claim a perfect score of 25 in the first round, and 23 in the second, for a total of 48 out of 50.
Kuwait’s Abdullah Al-Rashidi finished fifth to qualify for the final alongside Eric Delaunay (France), Tammaro Cassandro (Italy), Eetu Kallioinen (Finland), Vincent Hancock (the US), and Jesper Hansen (Denmark).
On Sunday, Al-Mutairi had posted scores of 23, 25, and 23 in the three rounds of qualification, day one leaving him in 22nd position in a field of 30.
Monday’s final qualification standings saw him remain at 22nd in the field, following previous Olympic finishes of 32nd at Atlanta in 1996, 23rd at Sydney in 2000, 15th at Athens in 2004, and 39th at Beijing in 2008.
Other Arab shooters who failed to make the final six were Mostafa Handy of Egypt with a score of 112, the UAE’s Saif Bin Futais with 117, and another Egyptian, Azmy Mehelba, with 120.
