UAE’s Yasmin Tahlak ended her campaign at the Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, with a Round of 16 showing in the 10m air rifle mixed international teams shooting competition at the Fangshan venue on Friday.
The 18-year-old shooter teamed up with Italian Marco Suppini in the newly-introduced event, which was being staged for the first time at the summer games.
Tahlak and Suppini made it through the qualifying rounds placing eighth with a total of 817.2 points, just eight points behind leaders Fernanda Russo and Jose Santos Valdes Martinez.
In the Round of 16, the Italian-Emirati pair were beaten 10-4 by Germany’s Julia Budde and Argentina’s Lucas Decicilia.
“I enjoyed it, it was fun, even though I didn’t win a medal,” Tahlak told Sport360°. “This mixed teams event is a new one and I think it’s a really good idea.
“First of all, it’s your second chance to win a medal, and second is that your partner is from a whole different place, different culture. You get to communicate with your partner, it’s cool. Meeting new people and all.”
The gold medal was won by Egyptian-Hungarian duo, Hadir Mekhimar and Istvan Peni, who beat Russo and Valdes Martinez 10-2 in the final.
In sailing, UAE’s Hamad Al Hammadi was unable to compete yesterday as the Byte CII races were cancelled due to lack of wind at the Jinniu Lake venue.
But since the minimum required six races have already been completed, a single final race will still take place today, weather permitting.
