The most powerful Kuwaiti in the history of sport might be serving a 15-year Olympic ban but the Gulf country still hopes to make its mark at the Paris Games with shotguns, sabres and a single-handed dinghy.
FILE PHOTO: 2016 Rio Olympics - Shooting - Final - Men's Double Trap Finals - Olympic Shooting Centre - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 10/08/2016. Fehaid Aldeehani of Independent Olympic Athlete celebrates after winning the gold medal. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido/File Photo
When Fehaid Aldeehani topped the podium in the men's double trap shooting at the 2016 Games in Rio, he did so as an"independent Olympic athlete" because Kuwait had been suspended by the IOC. Mohamed Al-Daihani will make his Olympic debut at the age of 40 and follow in the footsteps of his father Nayef, who competed in the skeet at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
Another shooter, former world champion Khaled Al Mudhaf, booked qualification for the Games by finishing third at the world championships in Azerbaijan last year. This year there is much excitement surrounding Ameena Shah, who has qualified for the Olympic regatta in Marseille in a first not only for Kuwait but all Gulf countries.
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