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Qatar adds third woman to Olympic roster

posted by After Atalanta
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 11:24am EDT

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Bahia al-Hamad

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Qatar, like Saudi Arabia, has never sent a female athletes to the Olympics. That will change this summer.

Two women had been scheduled to go after receiving wild cards from the IOC. A third has just been added.

Bahia al-Hamad, who also received a wild card, will participate in women’s air rifle. She was Qatar's most successful athlete at the 2011 Arab Games.

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