Arsenal fan wears club shirt and wins bronze medal at Rio 2016 Olympics

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Standard Sport20 August 2016

52-year-old Kuwaiti, Abdullah Al-Rashidi, won bronze in the men’s skeet while wearing an official Arsenal shirt.

Competing as an independent athlete at this summer’s games, Al-Rashidi choose to don an Arsenal training jersey beneath his shooting vest while competing in Brazil as he won the hearts of the spectators.

Kuwaiti athletes have been forced to compete as independent athletes after the IOC banned the county’s Olympic committee following government interference, and their two representatives have both tasted success in Rio.

Compatriot and fellow shooter Fehaid Al-Deehani secured gold in the men’s double trap.

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