Hundreds are in attendance at the New Orleans Morial Convention Center watching the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U grand finals showdown between Gonzalo ZeRo Barrios and Nairoby Nairo Quezada. The crowd has seen this matchup time and time again. Orlando, Tempe and, in the games former iteration, Super Smash Bros. Brawl.In Smash for Wii U, however, there was always an asterisk next to the matchup: ZeRo always wins. But not this time. In New Orleans, with his main character, Zero Suit Samus, Nairo flipped the matchup on its head. Two up-airs to juggle ZeRos Sheik, followed by an up-B, sends ZeRo off the top of Final Destination. Commentators Terrence TKbreezy Kershaw and Phil EE Visu are shouting just as loudly as the crowd.Now a year later, Nairo will look to do it again, but on a bigger stage: the Evolution Championship Series. This time, however, Nairo will have to weed his way through more than 2600 entrants.The rise to the topThis time last year, Nairo took third at his first ever Evo after falling to Ramin Mr. R Delshad in the losers finals. At the time, Nairo had become a staple in the previous version of the Super Smash Bros. series, Brawl, playing the game when he was 13 years old.He entered the first international Brawl tournament at Apex 2010, where he took 25th place. In Brawl, Nairo played Meta Knight, the games strongest character, and often faced the likes of ZeRo, who also used the character as his main at multiple tournaments. In 2012, Nairo, after taking top placings at a string of local and regional tournaments, made his first big splash at Apex, taking third place after losing to Japanese player Ishikawa Otori Kenta.Nairo continued to grind in Brawl after meeting top Smash competitors ZeRo, Jason Mew2King Zimmerman, Jason ANTi Bates, Samuel Dabuz Buzby, and Elliot Ally Bastien Carroza-Oyarce. At Apex 2014, Nairo took his first super major singles victory over ZeRo in the grand finals.Nairo switched to the new release of the game for Wii U alongside many of his other peers, picking up Pit as his character to play. Several months later, he began to switch between two characters: Pit and Zero Suit Samus, the latter he became famous for.2015 started off strong for Nairo as he took ninth at Apex 2015 in Smash for Wii U, second at Shots Fired, and second at MVG Sandstorm. In mid-2015 in Orlando, he took second again to ZeRo, something that became increasingly common for the remainder of the year. His Evo performance, a third place finish at the hands of Mr. R, became one of the lowest placings Nairo had in 2015 and he quickly became regarded as the second best Smash 4 player in the world.That followed with a deal with Team Liquid, one of League of Legends, StarCraft II, and Smashs most popular sponsor, on August 12. He was the organizations first and only Super Smash Bros for Wii U player.Its pretty amazing [to work with Team Liquid]. I love all of them, he explained. Whenever I get a bad placing or I just feel like I dont do well, I always feel like I let them down, but they just tell me that I did good -- or good job. They cheer me up, basically, so thats really nice of them. I like working with them a lot.Following the sponsorship, Nairo took the MLG victory over ZeRo in October, something that many fans expected to happen, but werent certain about. ZeRos return at The Big House 5 to take down Nairo showed that both competitors were neck and neck.The slump and inconsistenciesAs 2015 winded down, so did Nairos play. His string of first- and second-place finishes came to an end. Beginning with 2016s first super major, Genesis 3, Nairo took fifth after a loss to Dabuz, who was widely regarded as the third best player within the game, behind ZeRo and Nairo.While Nairo regained his footing at Shots Fired 2 and 2GGT: FOW Saga in March, the next super major showed that Nairos inconsistencies were more than apparent. At Pound 2016, Nairo took 49th place after series losses to Florida Bayonetta main Sajhmori Saj Dunn and Japanese Robin player Mr. IINairo, determined to get back what was rightfully his, came back strong with a first-place finish over Ally at the Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Again, two weeks later, at Level Up Expo in Las Vegas, he took first over James VoiD Makekau-Tyson and Larry Larry Lurr Holland.Most recently, he has proven that the disparities in his results still exist. Taking second at Dallas-Fort Worths Low Tier City 4 boded well for Nairo, but a 17th-place finish at Community Effort Orlando two weeks ago showed improvements needed to be made.Its hard to say [where I fall in with everyone else] because stuff like [17th at CEO happens], results that everyone super judges [for], he explained. I got 49th at Pound and everyones like, Nairos not even top-five anymore. You look at every result besides these and its first and second for the past few months, so you cant judge off one tournament because its not everything. I think, if Im not ranked second to a lot of people, Im still definitely top five.[Zero Suit Samus] got nerfed too, but because people think that, Oh, if shes winning, it doesnt matter, but it actually does matter. It clearly matters, he said. I think over time, shes definitely not second -- not anymore. Maybe in results because I still do well and Marss still does well, but matchup wise, not even close. Shes already become a punish character.Nairo would go on to explain the new play style of the character has thrown him off, and hell need to adapt. But back home in New Jersey, hes been practicing multiple characters, which he hopes to soon play.Evo, the summer, and getting back to the topHis next challenge, Evo, is this weekend. Before Evo, Im definitely gonna be practicing 3-4 characters to basically -- not like counter-pick everybody -- but know that [if] I lost with Zero Suit, he said, I know X character, if Im playing well, can beat them.I expect to win Evo, Nairo continued. I want to go home for a bit, recollect myself, and do a lot of studying. I think I can [be the best Smash 4 player in the world by the end of the year]. Its not out of the realm. 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I dont know why they help me, but thank you, Al-Rashidi said.Rossetti, the 21-year-old Italian prodigy with deep-rooted skeet genes, was the favorite heading into Rio, and he lived up to expectations -- after surviving a shoot-off to get into the final.Needing to make up ground heading into the final day, Rossetti didnt miss a shot, with 25 straight targets in the second qualifying stage and 12 more in the four-person shoot-off.He hit all 16 semifinal targets and matched that against Swedens Marcus Svensson in the gold-medal match. Rossetti earned the gold when Svensson missed his final shot, giving the Italian a brighter medal than the bronze his father, Bruno, earned at the 1992 Barcelona Games.I didnt think about my fathers medal before the competition, but now I have added to the family medal collection, Rossetti said.Al-Rashidi, 52, who trains falcons when hes not shooting, has a long shooting history.His Olympic debut came at the 1996 Atlanta Games, and Rio was his sixth time on sports biggest stage. A three-time world champion, he had never earned an Olympic medal, though; Rio was his first final.He was unable to compete for his country after Kuwaits national Olympic committee was suspended by the International Olympic Committee for government interference. He and the other Kuwaiti athletes who qualified -- double trap gold medalist Fehaid Al-Deehani among them -- were allowed to compete as an independent team under the IOC flag.Al-Rashidi tied as the top qualifier in Rio and became an instant fan favorite once the finals begin.ddddddddddddThe capacity crowd, most of it Brazilian, latched on to the underdog in the Arsenal jersey -- he liked the way it looked and felt -- and cheered wildly when he was introduced and with every target he shattered.Al-Rashidi played up to the adulation, waving his arms and pumping his fists to their cheers during introductions, spurring the fans even more.He ended the semifinals in a three-way tie with Denmarks Jesper Hansen and Stefan Nilsson, forcing a shoot-off for a spot in the bronze-medal match. Al-Rashidi shot last in the threesome, and the crowd knew he had a chance to move on after Hansen and Nilsson each missed one, screaming and waving flags before the Kuwaitis turn.Playing the showman again, Al-Rashidi raised his gun in the air and flashed a thumbs-up as the cheers continued. An official at Al-Rashidis station tried to urge the Kuwaiti shooter to take his turn, but he shrugged and pointed at the crowd as if to say, What am I supposed to do?He hit both shots, setting off another round of cheers and a shot at the bronze against Ukraines Mikola Milchev.Al-Rashidi was perfect in the bronze-medal match. He raised his arms in the air, dropped to his knees and kissed the ground. He rose and threw his hat in the air as the crowd chanted in Portuguese: Ole, ole, ole, Mustache!We like his mustache, so we start to chant, one Brazilian fan said.The man with the mustache -- he actually trimmed it recently -- soaked in the adulation, again raising his arms after receiving his bronze medal as another chant about his facial hair rang out across the Olympic Shooting Centre.I am Brazilian, Al-Rashidi said. I am from Brazil. ' ' '