The Qatari team, composed of Samsam Jama, 23, Amal Mhamud, 20 and Anisa Jama, 17, took the bronze with a total of 912 points despite of finishing on the last three positions out of 10 competitors in the non-Olympic event.

"I felt so bad. I lost my concentration," said Samsam Jama, who suffered a power-out incident during the first stage and collected a lowest of 271 points out of 40 shots. "But I managed to forget about the result and move on."

There was an announcement on the info system of the 15th Asiad last night, saying there would be no awards offered to the teams of the event due to a less than four-team entry.

However, Kazahkstan, Vietnam and Qatar were all awarded the medals in the victory ceremony.

"The rule No. 15 of the Asian Games shooting regulations says that the minimum team entries requirements is three," Max Muckl, technical delegate from the International Shooting Federation told Xinhua. "The ones who made the news last night should study the rules before they talk."

In the international competitions, medals will be awarded to the teams when there are at least four teams, and a gold medal will be awarded if there are three teams.