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Kuwait’s Fehaid al-Deehani, competing at the Rio Games as an independent athlete, won men’s double trap gold yesterday.
Marco Innocenti of Italy took silver with British shooter Steven Scott claiming the bronze.
Al-Deehani, bronze medallist in Sydney and London, was forced to take part in Brazil as a neutral as Kuwait is suspended by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and other leading federations such as FIFA, football’s world body, over government interference in sport.
The army officer is one of nine competing as an Independent Olympic Athlete (IOA).
Al-Deehani turned down an offer from the IOC to carry the neutral’s flag at last Friday’s opening ceremony.
He told the Kuwaiti media: “I am a military man and I will only carry the Kuwait flag. I cannot carry the IOC flag.”
Al-Deehani, who has won Kuwait’s only two Olympic medals, is the first independent to win gold at an Olympics.
Clarke wins canoe slalom for Britain’s second gold
Joe Clarke tackled the Olympic K1 canoe slalom course in quickfire time yesterday to claim Britain’s second gold medal in Rio. On a gloomy Whitewater Stadium course, Clarke set a winning time of 88.53 seconds to beat Peter Kauzer of Slovenia into second. Jiri Prskavec of Czech Republic was third.
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