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.