KONYA, TURKEY: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will inaugurate the fifth edition of the Islamic Solidarity Games, which will be held in Konya from August 9, and run until August 18. Oman will participate with 30 athletes among 5,000 athletes from 55 countries competing in five games through 24 at athletics, cycling, swimming, shooting and weightlifting competitions.
Oman national shooting team completed on Monday their final warm up sessions. The team, which was in the external camp during August 5 to 8, will begin their competitions starting on Tuesday.
They will participate in the formal training to adapt with all shooting alignments, the trace nature, and the weather and referee rules. The official competition will start on Thursday with 117 shooters from 21 countries. Eight teams will advance to the next stage and four teams only will progress into the finals competition.
Oman men’s shooting team will be represented by shooters including Salim al Nasiri, Abdullah al Mandhari and Husain al Shahoumi while women’s team will be represented by a squad of shooters like Reem al Hosni, Fakhriya al Jahafi and the team coach Marco Conte.
Commenting on the team’s participation in the tournament, Mohammed bin Sulaiman al Hattali, shooting team manager said, "the national shooting team is in full readiness to participate in the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation Tournament, in which our team will participate in the trap and skeet competitions. Out target is to emerge from this tournament with the maximum benefit that will be added to the team shooters,” he added.
"Definitely, the absence of rifle and pistol competitions in closed and semi-closed fields will affect our team. Oman shooting team is a well-known team at these competitions in which our team has a wide experience, ability and skills. This absence may affect in the results of the team in this tournament" he ended.
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