Kuwait event stripped of Olympic status

LAUSANNE: The Asian Shooting Championship lost its Olympics qualifying status on Thursday after tournament hosts Kuwait banned an Israeli official from taking part.

The International Olympic Committee executive board said it had revoked the qualification status of the Nov 1-12 event following a request from the International Sports Shooting Federation ( ISSF). Kuwait had denied a visa to Israeli Yair Davidovich who was due to supervise the event.

“The denial of a visa is against the non- discrimination principle of the Olympic Charter,” said an IOC statement.

Another reason for Thursday’s decision is the fact that the Kuwait NOC is currently suspended by the IOC due to government interference. — AFP

Second round scores 129 - 130 - 131 -

Justin Thomas ( USA) 68- 61 Brendan Steele ( USA) 67- 63 Spencer Levin ( USA) 67- 64, Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) 65- 66, Scott Piercy ( USA) 62- 69 Stewart Cink ( USA) 68- 64 Brian Harman ( USA) 70- 63, Kevin Na ( USA) 67- 66

Troy Merritt ( USA) 68- 66, Jason Gore ( USA) 66- 68, Adam Scott (AUS) 68- 66

James Hahn ( USA) 70- 65, Morgan Hoffman ( USA) 67- 68, David Hearn ( CAN) 70- 65

Kyle Reifers ( USA) 70- 66, Ryan Moore ( USA) 67- 69, Keegan Bradley ( USA) 66-70, Jim Herman ( USA) 70- 66, Kevin Kisner ( USA) 71- 65, Patrick Reed ( USA) 68- 68

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Andrew Dodt (AUS) 72-70, DANNY CHIA ( MAS) 71-71, Harris English ( USA)

Gary Woodland ( USA) 75- 68, BEN LEONG ( MAS) 71-72

MUHD ARIE IRAWAN AHMAD FAUZI ( MAS) 75-74

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