added the bronze medal won by Mutaz Barshim was an incentive for the athlete to perform better. He competed in the 12 August competition, finishing 68th out of 85 runners, with a time of two hours, 25 minutes and 17 seconds. Bakhet finished 17 minutes and two seconds behind Stephen Kiprotich of Uganda (two hours, eight minutes and one second), the winner of the marathon. After the Games, he spoke of the disappointment he felt over his performance but said he hoped to use his experience to better prepare for future races. Men Track & road events Field events Women Track & road events Shooting Bahiya Al-Hamad was the third woman to be confirmed as part of the Qatari team to London in April 2012. She qualified for the women's 10 metre air rifle and the 50 metre rifle three positions events after the IOC gave her a qualifying berth. In an interview with CNN before the Games Al-Hamad said, "Every athlete's dream is to reach the Olympics. I will be very excited to go see the atmosphere there and it will sure be one [of] the most special days of my life." She became the first Qatari woman to participate at the Olympics when she took part in the qualifying round of the women's 10 metre air rifle competition on 28 July Al-Hamad came 17th out of 55 participants with 395 points, with only the top eight advancing to the final. Six days later in the women's 50 metre rifle three positions contest, Al-Hamad finished last out of 46 finishing shooters with a score of 555 points, and was eliminated from competing. At the age of 41, rally driver Nasser Al-Attiyah was competing in his fifth consecutive Olympic Games. He automatically qualified for a quota spot into the men's skeet because he won the gold medal in the discipline at the 2012 Asian Shooting Championships. Al-Attiyah entered seven contests and visited several training camps to prepare himself for the Olympics. The qualification round of the men's skeet took place on 31 July. He came fourth out of thirty-six shooters with a score of 121 points. This score earned Al-Attiyah automatic qualification for the final that was held on the next day. He held the bronze medal position until he missed two of his targets and entered a shoot-out against Russia's Valeriy Shomin. Al-Attiyah won the shoot-out and the bronze