Shooting - Kuwaiti strikes bronze in Gunners shirt


2016 Rio Olympics - Shooting - Final - Men's Skeet Finals - Olympic Shooting Centre - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 13/08/2016. Abdullah Alrashidi (KUW) of Independent Olympic Athlete reacts. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Abdullah Al-Rashidi had to settle for bronze in the Olympic men's skeet competition on Saturday - but for choice of outfit, he beat the field.

The 52-year-old won his first Olympic medal in six Games sporting an Arsenal shirt: the English football club nicknamed 'the Gunners'.

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