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SPORTS IN the case, athletes in shooting event at the

KUWAIT Kuwait are still sources 2000 Summer Olympics,
of inspiration today, and and won another bronze
By Zaid al-Omar continue to have a for the men's Olympic
Grade 12 following in the country, trap shooting event at
especially amongst the the 2012 Summer
Athleticism in Kuwait
youth. Olympics. These medals
today is not as great as are the only medals ever
it once used to be when
won by Kuwait.
compared with the
1980s. The 1980s can

be described as the
“Golden Age of Kuwaiti SPORTS IN
Sports”. It is during this KUWAIT
era when Kuwait had
By Mohammed Shuail
“the golden team”, which Grade 11
was the best football

team in the Middle East.
It was in 1982 when the Another one of these ةركل تيوكلا بختنم سيسأت مت
Kuwait national football athletes is Bader al- نا عاطتساو 1952 ماع ﻲﻓ مدقلا
team made it to the Mutawa. Al-Mutawa's ﻲلودلا داحتﻻا ىلا مضني
1982 World Cup, performance for both ربعو، 1962 ماع ﻲﻓ مدقلا ةركل
making this their first club and national teams بختنملا اذه مدق ،هيضاملا تاونسلا
and last appearance. led to his being awarded رفحو تازاجنﻹا نم فرشم خيرات
Their highlight of the as the 2nd best Asian نم فرحأب هيتيوكلا مدقلا ةرك مسا
tournament was a 1-1 player in 2006. This ، يوركلا ملاعلا خيرات ﻲﻓ رون
draw versus award was huge for نا بختنملا اذه عاطتسا ثيح
Czechoslovakia, Kuwait because it هلوطبلا زرحيو زوفلا ققحي
meaning they did not established on a global رشع جيﻠخلا سأك ىﻠع هلوصحب
leave Spain pointless. stage that Kuwaiti هلوصح ىلا ﺔﻓاضﻻاب اذه، تارم
This football team athletes could compete هدحاو هرم ايسا ساك ﺔلوطب ىﻠع
consisted of some of with and be considered امك ، 1980 ماع ﻲﻓ كلذو،
Kuwait’s best athletes amongst the best in the نا نا قيرعلا بختنملا اذه عاطتسا
like Jassem Yaqoub and world. Another example هدحاو هرم ملاعلا ساك ىلا لهأتي
Faisal al-Dakheel. of a Kuwaiti having كلذبو 1982 ماع ﻲﻓ كلذو ،طقﻓ
These two stars led the competed on a global لوا وه ﻲتيوكلا بختنملا دعي
national team to many stage is Fehaid al- تعاطتسا ﻲتلا هيبرعلأ تابختنملا
trophies and into the Deehani, a professional امك ، ايسا ﺔلوطبب زوفلا ققحت نا
World Cup, a feat which target shooter. He won a هيويسﻻا هيبرعلأ تابختنملا لوا دعي
has not been repeated bronze medal for the كاذ بقل دقﻓ . ملاعلا ساك ىلا ﻼهأت
since. Despite this being men's double trap نا امك ." ﻲبهذلا رصعلا ب " ليجلا