Muhaliba said his father encouraged him from a young age to play the gray game
The Egyptian Olympic Committee congratulated the player on his great result immediately after his crowning in the championship, and confirmed in a statement that what Azmi Muhaliba had achieved was a great achievement and congratulated him and the coaching staff. .
Azmi Mahilbeh talked about his beginnings with shooting, saying, “I started shooting at the age of eight with the encouragement of my father, who was a shooting player and participated in local and continental championships, and thanks to him I got hooked on shooting and loved it Excellent shot and World Cup bronze medal, but I play skeet while he plays on clay.
He continued: “I got my first medal in 2014 and it was a bronze medal at the world championships and the first in the history of Egypt at the world championships, and in the 8 years of participating in the championships I got 11 different medals at the world championships. World and Championships, and I was close to two medals at the Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo Olympics, but I didn’t win a medal in both, and because I was completely convinced that I did what I had to do and gave all my efforts, I didn’t stop there and continued to train, work and get medals and championships until I crowned the world championship and qualified for the Paris Olympics very soon, and this will help me develop a plan to prepare for The Olympics away from the pressure Looking for a place to participate until late before the championship races.
Muhaliba scored 122 successful shots out of 125 during the World Championships, which took him to the top of the championship standings and crowned his gold medal.
Although his father did not participate in the World Cup, he followed him around the clock during the tournament, and the player said that “in my childhood and with the beginnings of my practice of the game and participation in tournaments, my father’s presence represented a great pressure on me, being the reason for my love for the game and my attachment to it, and because he is a player Previously, but with the succession of tournaments, he has become the one who has come under more pressure than me, especially when he was not with me in the tournament and followed him from Cairo ”.
The Egyptian Shooting Federation described Azmy Mihailba’s victory in the World Cartouche Shooting Championship as an “unprecedented global achievement”, praising his progress in skeet competitions on American giant Vincent Hancock, who finished second, and Rashid Saleh of Qatar. , who finished third.
Egypt is preparing to host the Pistol and Rifle Shooting World Championships, from 12 to 28 October in the Egyptian Olympic city.