Al Attiyah eyes seventh Olympics after third Dakar triumph
Last updated on: 19 January,2019 08:01 am
Nasser al-Attiyah said Friday that his next ambition is to compete in his seventh Olympic Games.
LIMA (AFP) - Dakar Rally champion Nasser al-Attiyah said Friday that his next ambition is to compete in his seventh Olympic Games -- with a shotgun in his hand.
The 48-year-old Qatari captured his third Dakar title on Thursday in Peru to add to his 2011 and 2015 wins on the world s most gruelling endurance race.
Now he wants to resume his Olympics career in Tokyo next year where he hopes to take part once again in skeet shooting having won a bronze medal in London in 2012.
"We have won this race and now we turn our attention to the next stage -- it s my dream to participate in a seventh Olympics," al-Attiyah told a news conference.
He also plans to defend his Dakar title in 2020 before heading to Japan.
"It will be tough. I will start my preparation for the Olympic Games next week and then we will come back here to Peru to defend our Dakar title."