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Asian Games: UAE's Saif bin Futtais and Mohammed Ahmed miss out on final

UAE shooters Saif bin Futtais and Mohammed Ahmed missed out on a place in the final of the men's individual skeet competition at the Asian Games on Wednesday. Bin Futtais shot 117 across five rounds of qualifying, with Ahmed firing 113. That left Bin Futtais just one shot outside the cut-off point of 118. Qatar's Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah top-scored with 120 across his five rounds along with…

Asian Games: UAE's Saif bin Futtais and Mohammed Ahmed miss out on final

UAE shooters Saif bin Futtais and Mohammed Ahmed failed to advance to the final of the men's individual skeet competition at the Asian Games on Wednesday. Bin Futtais scored 117 across five rounds of qualifying, leaving him one shot shy of the 118-point cut-off. Ahmed also missed out, with a total of 113. Qatar's Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah topped the competition with 120 points, followed by Taiwan's Meng-yuan Lee and China's Jianlin Lyu.

Several UAE athletes will continue to compete on Wednesday, including Abdullah Jassim, Mohammed Al Mutaiwei, Abdullah Al Hammadi in the men’s road race, Ghaya Shuhail, Reem Al Ketbi and Mahra Al Suwaidi in the women’s 10m air pistol event, Mohammed Al Yamahi in the men’s 400m freestyle swimming, Al Hayam Al Balooshi in the women’s individual foil fencing, and Ahmed Al Hammadi in the men’s individual sabre.

Zahra Al Hashemi will participate in weightlifting, while the UAE will also be represented in esports. The UAE football team will face China in a match set to start at 9.30am UAE time. As of now, China leads the medal table with 52 medals, followed by Japan with 45 and South Korea with 27. Among Arab nations, Jordan leads with three medals, placing them at 14th overall.

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