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The first opportunity to qualify for shooting at the Rio Games took place at the 2014 IPC Shooting World
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508:. UAE Interact. 28 September 2015
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447:"Making sense of the categories"
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36:Flag of the United Arab Emirates
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552:. UAE Interact. 21 October 2015
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318:. Aisha is a member of
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93:Ranked 38th
73:Competitors
1626:Categories
1473:Montenegro
1453:Luxembourg
1333:Azerbaijan
1302:Uzbekistan
1282:Tajikistan
1192:Kyrgyzstan
1182:Kazakhstan
1142:East Timor
1006:Costa Rica
915:Seychelles
880:Mozambique
855:Madagascar
775:Cape Verde
408:References
242:Les autres
230:wheelchair
222:amputation
1554:Australia
1458:Macedonia
1448:Lithuania
1267:Sri Lanka
1262:Singapore
1242:Palestine
1157:Indonesia
1147:Hong Kong
1096:Venezuela
1056:Nicaragua
1031:Guatemala
971:Argentina
870:Mauritius
477:BBC Sport
451:BBC Sport
283:Athletics
259:athletics
238:blindness
1513:Slovenia
1508:Slovakia
1493:Portugal
1353:Bulgaria
1287:Thailand
1237:Pakistan
1212:Mongolia
1207:Malaysia
1127:Cambodia
1076:Suriname
1041:Honduras
1001:Colombia
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396:See also
368:Swimming
334:Shooting
263:swimming
246:dwarfism
129:overview
44:IPC code
1547:Oceania
1538:Ukraine
1498:Romania
1468:Moldova
1443:Latvia
1428:Ireland
1423:Iceland
1418:Hungary
1403:Germany
1398:Georgia
1388:Finland
1378:Estonia
1373:Denmark
1358:Croatia
1343:Belgium
1338:Belarus
1328:Austria
1323:Armenia
1307:Vietnam
1217:Myanmar
1122:Bahrain
1091:Uruguay
1046:Jamaica
1021:Ecuador
981:Bermuda
925:Somalia
910:Senegal
895:Nigeria
885:Namibia
875:Morocco
845:Lesotho
785:Comoros
765:Burundi
740:Algeria
716:at the
269:Archery
252:. Each
1611:Russia
1604:Banned
1533:Turkey
1523:Sweden
1503:Serbia
1488:Poland
1483:Norway
1433:Israel
1413:Greece
1393:France
1363:Cyprus
1316:Europe
1187:Kuwait
1177:Jordan
1061:Panama
1051:Mexico
991:Canada
986:Brazil
950:Uganda
900:Rwanda
860:Malawi
825:Guinea
815:Gambia
745:Angola
733:Africa
726:Brazil
111:Bronze
105:Silver
89:Medals
83:sports
1579:Tonga
1574:Samoa
1518:Spain
1463:Malta
1438:Italy
1277:Syria
1252:Qatar
1222:Nepal
1202:Macau
1172:Japan
1152:India
1132:China
1036:Haiti
996:Chile
976:Aruba
890:Niger
850:Libya
840:Kenya
820:Ghana
810:Gabon
800:Egypt
790:Congo
750:Benin
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117:Total
1559:Fiji
1232:Oman
1197:Laos
1167:Iraq
1162:Iran
1110:Asia
1066:Peru
1011:Cuba
940:Togo
865:Mali
669:2015
644:2015
619:2015
584:2015
558:2015
536:2015
514:2015
485:2015
459:2015
433:2015
306:and
190:The
180:2024
175:2020
170:2016
165:2012
160:2008
155:2004
150:2000
145:1996
140:1992
99:Gold
720:in
425:ABC
345:of
248:or
198:in
79:in
63:in
54:NPC
48:UAE
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