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Al-Attiya wins third Olympic medal ever for Qatar

Published August 1st, 2012 - 11:28 GMT via SyndiGate.info [1]

Vincent Hancock of the United States won the Olympic gold medal Tuesday in men's skeet shooting.

Vincent Hancock [2] of the United States won the Olympic gold medal Tuesday in men's skeet shooting [3].

He became the first person to win back-to-back gold medals in skeet and joined teammate Kimberly Rhode in sweeping the skeet titles at the London Olympics.

Anders Golding of Denmark won the silver medal and Nasser Al-Attiya [4] of Qatar won a shootout to capture the bronze. It was the third Olympic medal ever for Qatar [5], all of them bronze.

Bronze medalist Nasser Al-Attiya of Qatar poses on the podium during the medal ceremony for the during the Men's Skeet Shooting final round
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[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Hancock
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeet_shooting
[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasser_Al-Attiyah
[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar_at_the_Olympics
[6] http://www.upi.com