Athletics
Olympic Games athletics results on Wednesday: Men 200m men Heat 1 (wind: -0.4 m/s) 1. Lashawn Merritt (USA) 19.94. Q 2.
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Gold medallist Fehaid Aldeehani, an independent athlete, celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony for the men's double trap shooting event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Shooting Centre in Rio de Janeiro on August 10, 2016. (AFP)
Kuwait's Fehaid Al Deehani, competing at the Rio Games as an independent athlete, won men's double trap gold on Wednesday.
Marco Innocenti of Italy took silver with British shooter Steven Scott claiming the bronze.
Gold medallist Fehaid Aldeehani, an independent athlete, celebrates during the men's double trap final at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Shooting Centre in Rio de Janeiro on August 10, 2016. (AFP)
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).
Gold medal winner, Independent Olympian Fehaid Aldeehani, competes during the men's double trap final at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Shooting Centre in Rio de Janeiro on August 10, 2016. (AFP)
He turned down an offer from the IOC to carry the neutral's flag at last Friday's opening ceremony, telling 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.
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